Light and fluffy vegan cinnamon churros with a golden crispy coating served chocolate orange dipping sauce
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Cook Time15 minutesmins
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Servings10
Ingredients
Sugar sprinkle
50gwhite caster sugar
1tbspground cinnamon
Dough/churros
250gplain flour
1tspsalt
485mlwater
1tspvanilla extract
60mlneutral oil (eg rapeseed)
Cooking
Neutral oil (eg rapeseed) for deep frying
Chocolate sauce
150gvegan dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into chunks/pieces
230mlvegan double cream, whipped or use vegan single cream
1tspvanilla extract
1/4tspsalt
1cinnamon stick (optional)
2tbspfresh orange juice or 1/2 tsp orange extract (optional)
zest1orange, finely grated or chopped (optional)
Instructions
Sugar sprinkle
Combine the ingredients in a small but wide bowl then set aside
Dough/churros
Place the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl and set aside
Pour the water, vanilla extract and oil (60ml) into a medium-sized saucepan and bring to the boil
Once boiling, pour over the flour and thoroughly combine. Leave to cool for 15 minutes
Assembly/cooking
Heat a medium-large saucepan just under half full of vegetable oil, on a medium heat or around 180˚C
Transfer the dough to a reusable piping bag with a large star-tip attachment. Note: don’t use disposable piping bags for this dough because they’re not strong enough and will easily split (even if you double them up) – you’ll need to use a reusable one
Squeeze 2-3 (max) strips of dough out at a time into the saucepan of oil (about 10-15cm long). Cut each piece off at the right length using a sharp knife or scissors
Cook each strip/churro until fully golden, then remove from the pan and place on kitchen towel. Dunk into the sugar bowl after about 60 seconds and then repeat the process until all the churros are made
Chocolate sauce
Place the chocolate chunks/pieces into a large jug then set aside
Place the vegan cream, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon stick, orange juice/extract and orange zest in a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a simmer for around 5 minutes. Make sure the milk mixture is hot before pouring over the chocolate chunks/pieces
Pour the hot milk mixture straight over the chocolate chunks and stir until the chocolate is fully melted and you have a smooth sauce
If the sauce is too thick, stir through some plant milk or extra vegan cream little by little until you have your desired consistency