Churros with Hot Chocolate and Orange Blossom Dip

Name: Churros with Hot Chocolate and Orange Blossom Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup water; 125 g/4½ oz/generous 1 stick unsalted butter; 1 wide strip lemon zest; 200 g/7 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 egg; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 4 tbsp granulated sugar, for dusting; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, for dusting (optional); 250 g/9 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, chopped; 300 ml/10½ fl oz/1¼ cups milk; 1 tsp cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp cornflour (cornstarch); 2–3 drops orange blossom essence

Preparation info

Serves
4
(makes about 20 churros)

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

The Sun-Soaked Plate

By Marc Fosh

Published 2026

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Ingredients

For the Churros:

250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup water
125

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