Coconut Churros with Rachels Greek Style Yogurt

Whilst living in Gran Canaria I fell in love with churros. They were the perfect sweet treat to start the day with a good strong cortado. Churros are traditionally served with either coffee or hot chocolate and are dipped into the drink. I have fond memories of sitting in bars, seeing the churros batter piped into the oil and watching them cook, waiting in anticipation for them to be freshly served. So you can just imagine my excitement when I found out that they would be making them on Great British Bake Off. This is the first time that I have made this much loved treat of mine and I am sure that it will not be the last.

When Rachel's Organic asked me if I would like to try one of their recipes for GBBO batter week I was delighted to see that they had a churros recipe featured along with some waffles and pancakes. Needless to say the churros recipe won and is the recipe that I will be featuring today. I have added a twist of my own. Instead of dipping the traditional way I have used Rachel's Organic Greek style coconut yogurt for dipping and have rolled my churros in desiccated coconut instead of cinnamon sugar.

This is what I did...

Coconut Churros

Ingredients

100g unsalted butter, cold diced
175g self raising flour, sieved
½ tsp baking powder, sieved
3 large eggs, beaten
1 tbsp Rachel’s Organic Greek Style Coconut yogurt
Sunflower oil, for frying

Coconut Sugar Ingredients

100g caster sugar, for dusting
50g desiccated coconut, for dusting

Dip Ingredients

225g Rachel’s Organic Greek Style Coconut Yogurt

Serves: 4-6
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Method

1 - Place the butter in a pan containing 200ml cold water

2 - Heat until it reaches boiling point then quickly remove from the heat

3 - Add the flour and baking powder. Beat rapidly until a smooth paste is formed which should come away cleanly from the sides of the pan

4 - Leave the mixture to cool slightly and add the beaten eggs one at a time. After adding each egg ensure the mixture is glossy and continue until it is combined

5 - Add the yogurt and stir again

6 - Leave to rest covered with cling film or a tea towel for 30 minutes

7 - In a bowl combine the sugar and coconut and keep on one side for dusting the churros

8 - Fill a large saucepan a third full with sunflower oil. Heat until sizzling or until a cube of bread browns in one minute

9 - Take a large piping bag with a star nozzle and fill it with the batter

10 - Squeeze the batter into 5cm lengths into the hot oil and snip the end with either a knife or scissors. Do not pipe more than three lengths at any one time as they will stick together

11 - Carefully turn each churro in the hot oil until all sides are golden brown and crispy

12 - Remove from the oil and drain on kitchen roll. Roll quickly in the cinnamon sugar and serve with the yogurt as a dip

I did not realise that churros were going to be this easy to make and now they will be made more often. The hardest part is getting them straight, but I guess that will come with practise. What a great excuse to make some more!

They went down a treat with everyone and the coconut certainly gave them that added bit of flavour.

You can find more recipes from Rachel's Organic here.

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