CHURRO TACOS WITH MEXICAN CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

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Provided by Richard Blais

Categories     dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 quarts vegetable oil
1/4 cup ground cinnamon
1 pint Mexican chocolate ice cream or regular chocolate ice cream
1 cup dulce de leche, optional

Steps:

  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the salt, 1/4 cup sugar and 2 1/4 cups water to the butter and remove from the heat. Stir in flour with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and a dough is formed. Transfer to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, then add the eggs one at a time, beating on medium speed, followed by the vanilla.
  • Transfer the mixture to a piping bag fitted with a star tip and set aside. Cut parchment paper into 5-inch squares and place them on a sheet tray. Pipe a cookie-sized round of the churro batter onto each parchment square, then freeze for 1 hour.
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a Dutch oven to 350 degrees F. Fit a rack inside a sheet tray.
  • Combine the cinnamon with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Carefully slide half the frozen churros off the parchment paper into the hot oil and cook until golden brown and crisp, 6 to 8 minutes, then transfer to the rack. Sprinkle each churro with the cinnamon-sugar mixture immediately after removing them from the fryer.
  • Top each churro with a scoop of ice cream and a drizzle of dulce de leche, if using.

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