Churros con Chocolate

Since classes were suspended today, I have decided to take a time off my school works and share with you a simple recipe for making churros! :) I am still sharing with you Spanish cuisine recipes and I only have 1 more recipe left to share after this one...

Churros are actually quite easy to make and are really delicious! All you need is an icing piper for the churros to form its long edgy shape. :)

Ingredients
for the chocolate dip:
200 g semi sweet chocolate
2 cups evaporated milk
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp butter

for the churro dough:
1 L olive oil or just the plain cooking oil
1/2 cup butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
3 pcs eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Procedure:
1. To make the churro dough, heat water, margarine and salt to rolling boil in 3-quart saucepan; stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute; remove from heat. Beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and then add to saucepan while stirring mixture.
2.Spoon mixture into cake decorators' tube with large star tip (like the kind use to decorate cakes). Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough into hot oil. Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.
3.Mix Sugar and the optional cinnamon; roll churros in sugar or dump the sugar on the pile of churros.
4. Serve with the Chocolate dip.. by just simply mixing all of the said ingredients in a double boiler and stir until it becomes very thick or to your desired consistency.

Don't use olive oil unless you are rich! You can simply use the regular cooking oil. I also did not use 1 liter, I just filled my frying pan enough oil to let the dough float while it is being fried. :) Hope you would try this simple recipe for making churros! Til' my next recipe! ^^.

My Tiny Herb Garden

We don't even have a lawn for that matter, only pots that I plant with different herbs. :D

First off is the 2 kinds of green onions that we bought from the wet market.

The first one doesn't get wet or soaked when you wash it, unlike the second one that does get soaked and sticks to your hands when you wash it.

What I did was after slicing out the green part, I simply planted the part with roots in to the pot and let the sunshine do the rest of the job

Another thing that I am planting are tomorrow leaves which are said to have a lots of benefits for our health. To know more about them, just click here.

You just need one part or branch of it then plant it into the soil. During the first week, the leaves will look withered but don't worry and don't do anything, because after that one week, it will start to grow again. All it needs is water and a lot of sunshine! ^^,

The last thing that I started to grow are Basil leaves, which is by far the hardest one to grow out of the rest.
I actually don't have any idea on how to take care of it but, I started to let it have some water and sunshine like the rest but it seemed that it doesn't like the sun that much and started to get weak, so my mom decided to move it to a cooler place (like the kitchen). After that it started to grow and become a lot bigger :)

If you could just help me and share some ideas on how to take care of my plants, please do tell me.. okay? thanks! :D

Spit Roasted Chicken Brushed with Honey and Cumin

This next recipe that I'm gonna share with you is very is to make and is also flavorful at the same time! :) I'm still sharing recipes of what we cooked for Spanish Cuisines! :) I still have more recipes coming both for Spanish as well as French Cuisine. We would also be cooking Asian cuisine starting tomorrow, that means there will be mo recipes piling up for me to share with everyone.. At the same time, I would also squeeze in some other food experiences I had so far as well as my mini herb garden :)

So for this Spanish chicken recipe, you will be needing the following ingredients:
1/4 cup Olive Oil
1 1/2 Vinegar
2 tsp Cumin
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
2 Tbsp Honey
1 tsp Salt
1 1/2 kilo Chicken, trussed

Procedure:

1. In a small bowl, mix all ingredients except the chicken. Place the chicken in a shallow bowl and pour on the sweet-sour mixture. Marinate for at least 1 hour, turning, and brushing the chicken with the marinade frequently.

2. Roast the chicken on a spit or in an oven pan (preferably an oval earthenware dish) at 350F for 1 hour. Reserve the marinade and brush the chicken frequently as it roasts. Serve with roast potatoes and a light red wine like Vina Lanciano.

Now ain't it easy to make? Just don't forget to brush the chicken with the marinade frequently! And you can serve it like we did, with blanched and stir-fried with butter broccoli, green beans, carrots, and potatoes! :D If you don't know how to truss a chicken, here is the link that helped me learn how! :)