{"id":17636,"date":"2023-12-01T10:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/?p=17636"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T21:27:47","slug":"churro-bites-with-spicy-hot-chocolate-spain-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/2023\/12\/01\/churro-bites-with-spicy-hot-chocolate-spain-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Churro Bites with Spicy Hot Chocolate \u2013 Spain\/Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_section dce_post_content\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row dce_row\">\n<p><em>Serves 6<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Churro Bites Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bd cup water<br \/>\n\u00bd cup milk<br \/>\n\u00bd cup butter<br \/>\n1 tbsp honey<br \/>\n\u00bc tsp salt<br \/>\n1 cup all-purpose flour<br \/>\n3 eggs<br \/>\n1 cup butter, melted<br \/>\n1 cup sugar<br \/>\n2 tbsp ground cinnamon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Sauce Ingredients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2 cups half &amp; half<br \/>\n2 tsp cornstarch<br \/>\n8 oz semisweet chocolate chips<br \/>\n1 tsp cayenne pepper<br \/>\n\u00bc tsp salt<br \/>\n\u00bc cup unsalted butter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Churro Bites Procedure:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F degrees.<br \/>\n2. In a saucepan, bring water, milk, butter, honey, &amp; salt to a boil while whisking.<br \/>\n3. Reduce heat to low &amp; stir in flour.<br \/>\n4. Continue to stir on low heat until a ball begins to form.<br \/>\n5. Remove from heat &amp; stir in eggs, fully incorporating one at a time.<br \/>\n6. Continue to beat the dough until smooth.<br \/>\n7. Prepare a piping bag with a star tip &amp; fill with dough.<br \/>\n8. Pipe dough into 1-2&#8243; pieces on a parchment-lined baking sheet. 9. Bake for 20-25 min.<br \/>\n10. Meanwhile, mix sugar &amp; cinnamon in a bowl. 11. Brush melted butter on onto cooked churro bites &amp; coat with cinnamon sugar mixture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Sauce Procedure<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Heat 1 cup of half &amp; half in a small saucepan until barely simmering.<br \/>\n2. In a separate bowl whisk remaining cup of half &amp; half with the cornstarch; add to the heated cream while whisking.<br \/>\n3. Add chocolate chips, cayenne pepper &amp; salt. Simmer for 4 min.<br \/>\n4. Remove from heat &amp; stir in butter to incorporate. Serve for dipping or drizzling on churro bites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><br \/>\n*<em>Can make gluten-free by substituting gluten-free flour for regular flour.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section dce_spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dce_post_divi_layout\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters1 et_had_animation\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":17638,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17639,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17636\/revisions\/17639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}