1. Put the water (250ml), oil, and salt in a heavy pan and bring to the boil

2. Turn the heat down and add the flour - beat togther until the mixture forms a ball then remove from heat

3. Heat the oil for deep frying until very hot

4. Using a icing syringe, pipe thick strips into the oil and fry until golden brown (if you haven't got one, see Tips below)

5. Place on a plate and sprinkle with the caster sugar

6. For the chocolate sauce place the chocolate and half the milk in a pan and heat

7. Dissolve the cornflour in the rest of the milk and mix into the chocolate together with the sugar

8. Continue heating the mixture on a low heat stirring constantly

9. Once the mixture has thickened remove from the heat and whisk until really smooth and serve with the warm churros (donuts)

 

Tips and ideas:

• Don´t worry if you haven´t got an icing syringe - a plastic bag for freezing with the corner cut off will do as a substitute
• Churros with chocolate is quite calorie-intensive. But if you want to cut down a bit, then when you take the churros out of the oil, put them on kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil before serving
• Accompany the chocolate and churros with glasses of cool water because this delicious Spanish sweet will make you thirsty.
• See more delicious Spanish dessert recipes.