Air Fryer Churros With Chocolate Sauce
Air Fryer Churros are a great alternative for a delicious treat without the excess of oil!
The recipe can be doubled or tripled and baked in batches. A delicious hot chocolate or chocolate sauce is the ideal side to be served with.
2 people
20 minutes
10 minutes
Ingredients
- 40 g Butter (cut into cubes)
- 1 tbsp Caster Sugar
- 1 tbsp Caster Sugar
- 50 g Caster Sugar
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- 50 ml Cream
- 1 - Egg
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 200 ml Milk
- 65 g Plain Flour
- 100 g SuperValu Dark Chocolate (chopped)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 120 ml Water
Method
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spray some oil.
- In a saucepan, place the water, butter, caster sugar and vanilla extract.
- Bring to the boil and immediately add the flour. Remove from the heat and stir the flour until the mixture comes together and has the texture of a smooth ball.
- Transfer the dough to a bowl. Beat in the egg until the dough comes together and smooth.
- Fill a large piping bag fitted with a large star-shaped tip.
- Pipe the churros onto the greased basket into 6cm lengths, cut end with scissors if needed, leaving about 2-3 mm space between churros.
- Preheat the air fryer to 180˚C.
- Spray some oil over the churros. Air fry for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
- In the meantime, in a shallow bowl, combine leftover caster sugar and cinnamon.
- Next, prepare the hot chocolate dipping sauce. In a saucepan, bring the milk, cream, 1 tbsp caster sugar and ½ tsp cinnamon to the boil.
- Remove from the heat, and stir in the chopped chocolate until smooth, adding extra milk to reach a lightly coating consistency. Put to one side, keeping warm and covered.
- Immediately transfer baked churros to the bowl with the sugar mixture and toss to coat.
- Serve warm with the warm chocolate sauce.
