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Hot chocolate with Churros

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

Perfect for warming up beside the bonfire with friends.

225 grams	Chocolate Plain 60% cocoa solids
800 ml	JUST MILK full cream

	Sunflower Oil for deep fat frying
100 grams	Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
150 ml	JUST MILK full-cream
2	Happy Eggs medium, beaten
50 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
1 tsp	Cinnamon

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In a large, deep pan, heat the oil for deep frying the churros to 190°C or until a piece of bread takes 30 seconds to colour. Preheat the oven to 150°C/fan130°C/ gas 2
Sift the flour onto a sheet of paper. Bring the milk and 150ml water to the boil in a pan, shoot in the flour and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until smooth. Cool slightly, then gradually beat in enough egg to make a smooth but stiff, glossy mixture that drops, reluctantly, off the spoon. Spoon into a piping bag with a large star nozzle
Holding the nozzle over the hot oil, gently squeeze the piping bag and snip off 6-8 x 10cm lengths of the mixture with kitchen scissors. Fry for 4-5 minutes, turning occasionally, until crisp and a golden brown. Lift out with a slotted spoon onto a baking tray lined with kitchen paper. Pop in the oven to keep warm while you cook the rest.
Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and rest over a pan of just simmering water until completely melted. Meanwhile, bring the milk to the boil in a small pan. Remove the chocolate from the heat and whisk in a little of the hot milk. Add the rest and whisk until frothy. Pour into hot mugs.