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If you don’t know about churros so far, you’re certainly missing something significant in your foodie life. This is an originally Spanish sweet snack, typically fried-dough pastries, but in the form of sticks and deliciously crunchy, and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar to make them just addictive. Here’s a traditional churros recipe and some scrumptious churro-inspired recipes, you must try.

1. Churros Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup water
• 2 quarts oil for frying
• ½ cup white sugar or to taste
• 2 ½ tablespoons white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Method

Mix water, 2 ½ tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and salt in a small saucepan over medium flame. When it comes to a boil, remove from flame and stir in flour till a ball is formed of the mixture.

Take a deep skillet or deep-fryer and heat oil for frying. Let the temperature be 190 degrees C (375 degrees F).

Put strips of dough into the hot oil using a churro maker. Fry till golden. Drain on a tissue.

Mix ½ cup of sugar and cinnamon and roll the drained churros in the mixture.

NOTE: Use Churrera churro maker to make churros. Churrera is a tool that makes forming churros easier and quicker and can make a variety of churros with its 8 assorted discs. What’s more, you also get a free e-book with recipes of simple churros, Spanish churros and Mexican churros and various types of chocolate sauces too.

Recipes of Churro-inspired Goodies

2. Coconut Churros

Add a dash of yummy coconut to your regular churros with this recipe and enjoy with chocolate sauce or any other dip you love.

Take a heavy, high-sided pot and heat oil in it on medium flame till 360 degrees F. Make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar in a plate and set aside.

Mix 2 tablespoons of coconut extract, 1 cup water, ½ cup butter and ¼ tsp. salt in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil over high flame. Stir in flour with a wooden spoon; reduce the heat and stir forcefully till a ball is formed. Remove from flame while stirring continuously and beat 3 eggs into it.

Make churros with the Churrera churro maker and fry them till golden brown. Cool them and roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture and enjoy with your favorite dip.

3. Churro Milkshake with Dulce De Leche

For this delicious churro delight, you’ll need 2-4 homemade churros plus more for dipping so you can just make an entire batch with Churrera churro maker.

Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Take 2 large or 4 small glasses and rub their rims with a bit of water (or coconut rum or tequila). Dip the rims in the sugar-cinnamon mixture and place the glasses in the freezer.

Add 2 churros to a blender (you can add more if you want it to make intense) along with milk, ice cream,, coconut rum or tequila, vanilla extract and 2 tbsp. of warm dulce de leche and blend till the consistency you want. Blend to completely smooth if you don’t want chunks of churros.

Take the glasses out from freezer and drizzle with warm dulce de leche from the inner sides and bottoms. Pour in the milkshake and garnish with one or two churros.

4. Churro Muddy Buddies

Mix white granulated sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.

Melt together 4 tablespoons of butter and chocolate chips in another small bowl by heating in microwave by stirring in between at the interval of 30 seconds.

Set aside cereal in a large bowl. Then pour chocolate over it and stir till cereal is fully coated. Then pour sugar mixture on top and mix till it coats the chocolate-covered cereal. Next, add a teaspoon of cinnamon and stir together. You can serve it immediately or store in a ziplock bag for later. But storing it in fridge and enjoy the cool muddy buddies is something you’ll love more.

You always wish that you should be able to cut cheese in exactly equal shape and size, so that it will look nice to decorate the dish. But cheese is a tricky food item which is slippery and crusty, and doesn’t cut always in equal shape. What you need here is a proper cheese cutting board. These are available in a variety of types and here are some useful tips to choose the right one among them.

Materials of Cheese Cutting Boards

Cheese cutting boards are made of various materials like wood, plastic, glass and ceramic. Choosing among these is a lot about personal preference. Some home chefs are happy with wooden boards because they are hygienic and less noisy, while some others prefer plastic or glass boards because they are easy to clean. So, which material is indeed ideal for a cheese cutting board?

What to Consider while Choosing a Cheese Cutting Board?

If you feel daunted while choosing among various cutting boards, you should ask certain questions to yourself and make a choice based on their answers:

• What will you use the cutting board mainly for? Will you use it only for cutting cheese or also for fruits, vegetables and even meat? Or will you use it to cut something dry like bread for making sandwiches?
• Will the cutting board get grooved or scratched so as to create areas for bacteria to develop?
• Will it remain stained with foods like beets?
• Will it retain smells (with onion or garlic, for example)?

Getting answers to these questions will remove much of confusion from your mind about choosing a cutting board. You can also consider pros and cons of individual materials.

Wooden Cutting Boards

Although it seems to be unsanitary, wood has gained official approval by food safety organizations. It’s true that just like plastic, wood can get scratched with the cutting action of knives and bacteria can develop in the scratches. However, wood has been proven to be more sanitary than plastic because bacteria cannot easily develop into the wooden board’s grooves as previously assumed because they die over time instead of multiplying due to the natural antibacterial properties of wood. And now you can get the very convenient wooden cheese board set too with various types of knives with handy storage compartments.

Glass Cutting Boards

Glass is obviously a material that is unsurpassed when it comes to hygiene. Plus it gets no scratches. But the drawback of glass cutting board is that even sharp quality knives become dull on them soon and have to be sharpened again and again.

Plastic Cutting Boards

For a long time, it was believed that plastic is cleaner than wood; but this has been proven wrong. Plastic boards too get scratched and bacteria can develop and thrive in the scratches. The only way to clean a plastic board is to throw it in the dishwasher as it is impossible to clean it completely with hands.

So, consider these things while choosing your cheese cutting board and have the most perfect for you.

Egg-shaped waffles are one of the most popular and delicious street foods in Hong Kong. They look like golden honeycombs and have a rich flavor of cake. Actually they are hollow and you can enjoy them with your favorite topping; but you can also eat them as they are because they have a distinct flavorful texture with a crisp shell outside and softness inside.

As per the available information, these delicious waffles were created first in the 1950s just by accident by an owner of an Asian grocery shop who was trying to make use of broken eggs to make egg batter. The eggs were added with flour, sugar and boiled milk, and were cooked after pouring the batter on a honey-comb shaped metal plate. Traditionally these tasty waffles are made using charcoal as a fuel; but in modern days, electric stove top is used for safety and hygiene, and also for cost-effectiveness.

Variations

The formula of the original Hong Kong style egg waffle has now been much changed and added with a variety of flavors like strawberry, chocolate, black sesame, shredded coconut and more. However, the original flavor remains unmatched. Those who belong originally to Hong Kong but now are away, miss this superb dish. But now they can make their favorite dish with a fantastic Bubble Egg Waffle Maker Machine!

Here’s the recipe!

Ingredients:

• 140gm plain flour
• 2 eggs
• 28gm boiled milk
• 140gm white sugar
• 1 tbsp custard powder
• 7.5gm baking powder
• 28gm vegetable oil to add to the egg batter
• 140 ml water
• 2 drops of vanilla essence
• 28gm tapioca starch
• A little vegetable oil to grease the mould (not needed if you use the above-mentioned Bubble Egg Waffle Maker Machine)

Method

Mix plain flour, custard powder, baking powder and tapioca starch together and sieve the mixture to remove lumps if any.

Add eggs to white sugar. Stir with a wooden stirrer. To this mixture, add boiled milk and water slowly. Mix well.

Now add the previously prepared flour mixture to the egg + sugar + water mixture and mix well with the stirrer to make a smooth batter. Remember that the batter should not have any lump. Add vanilla essence too and mix well.

Add vegetable oil as the last step and cover the pan of batter with a cling wrap. Keep the mixture in refrigerator for cooling down at least for an hour.

Take it out 30 minutes before using and let it come to room temperature.

In the meantime, warm up either side of the mould and apply a thin layer of oil on either side. If you use the above-mentioned Bubble Egg Waffle Maker Machine, you won’t have to apply oil because the waffle machine has a specially designed non-stick coating because of which the waffles will easily come off without leaving stains.

With the help of a ladle or cup, pour the batter from the pan over the mould up to 80%. Close the lid; hold tightly to ensure that it is tightly closed. Flip the mould to ensure that the batter is spread evenly inside the mould.

Place each side on medium flame for 1-2 minutes so that the waffles are cooked so as to be easily removed. With a fork, remove the cooked waffle on a plate and repeat with the next lots of batter till all the batter is finished.

Bring home the Hong Kong Egg Waffle Maker and live the nostalgia while enjoying the waffles!