RFWE: Hiatus and Churros

O Hai Guys! I just realized that I do have a blog last night and I was like "I have to blog!" I'm not really THAT busy these past few months but I was really lazy. There is always that time of the year, where you just want to stay at home and do nothing for at least a month. Time does fly extremely fast and people I know gets into another phase in life.. if you know what I mean. All I think about is that I wanted to do something different this year and next year and the following years.

This year is pretty good except for those few bumps ahead. But it's all good. This year is going to end differently.We'll we all have a story to tell but life is awesome regardless how bad it gets at times. :)

As my kitchen adventure reaches to another level, I just want to make sure that I keep a journal of it. I love to dine out but to sum it all up in a month's time its going to be quite expensive and not so practical. So I decided to experiment at home and let my "guinea pigs" a.k.a friends and family do the taste test which always ended up really good most of the time.

One afternoon I was craving for churros. I did some research and tips on how to make it and added the ingredients on my grocery list that day. Good thing is that my brother still has the remaining chocolate bar for his chocolate fountain and it was a perfect dip for my attempt of making churros. Apologies for just having 2 pictures but I will try my best to explain precisely how I made it.

What you need:

Water

Eggs

Flour

Butter

Pipe bag and "Star" tip

Oil for frying

Chocolate dip:

 

Milk

Chocolate

What to do:

I have a cup of water and half cup of butter in a sauce pan which I bring to a boil. I made sure that the butter is melted and lower the heat.I in the flour and turn off the heat and mix the batter until it turns into a dough. I leave it to cool down a bit. After which, I crack an egg and mix it with the dough. You don't want to have the dough really hot and drop the egg and not mix it quickly because it might cook the egg or something. Mix mix mix constantly! It will turn out like a thick paste. I drop another egg and continue to mix. I leave it to rest and cool down for a few more minutes.

Prepare a pan with oil (good enough for deep frying) and have it on low-medium heat. Make sure that the oil is hot enough. You can test it by having a small ball of batter you made and dropping it to the pan.Once it bubbles after dropping then it means it's good for frying. Do not turn the heat high then low, because it will ruin your first batch because the oil is too hot and of course burn it. What I learned from frying is that the fire should be on low-medium only. In that way, the heat is even and the food you are going to drop in the oil won't easily get burned, thus the golden brown color can be achieved.

Next is stuff the batter in the pastry bag and squeeze the amount of batter desired in the pan. Once it floats and turns slightly golden brown then it means it is cooked. Place the churros in a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.

For the chocolate dip, I just melted the chocolate in the pan (or you can do it in a microwave) and added milk and that's it!

No need to pay for a really expensive churros! It's cheap to make and serves a lot. The whole family (minus the diabetic ones) can really enjoy at home.

I have more posts to come. So..

Happy Eating!

xx