Gluten Free Cinnamon Churros with Chocolate Sauce

Gluten free baking is relatively new to me so I’m experimenting with various products on the market. I used the Phoenix brand of self raising gluten free flour and used milk instead of water. Baking powder and milk are not used in a regular choux pastry recipe. You may get a different final result from another brand of flour as the ratio of each ingredient used may differ. These are the most delicious churros I have ever made – light and fluffy on the inside with a crispy golden crust. Enjoy!!

• 1 cup milk
• 100 grams butter, diced
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 cup Phoenix self raising gluten free flour
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs

Chocolate Sauce

• ½ cup cream
• 1 tablespoon rum or other favourite liquour
• 100 grams dark chocolate, chopped

To cook
vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Chocolate sauce: Put the cream and rum in a small saucepan and bring to just below the boil. Take off the heat, add the chocolate and whisk to make a smooth sauce. If making the sauce ahead, rewarm to serve.
Churros: Put the milk, butter and salt in a medium saucepan and slowly bring to the boil to melt the butter. Take off the heat and tip in the flour and cinnamon, beating vigorously with a wooden spoon until a thick dough forms and pulls away from the sides of the saucepan. This will happen quickly. Tip the dough into the bowl of a standing mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly between each addition. The dough should be shiny and smooth.
To cook: Fit a pastry bag with a star nozzle and half fill with the dough.
Heat 3cm of vegetable oil in a medium deep sided saucepan to 170˚C or until a cube of bread is golden in 30 seconds.
Pipe lengths of dough directly into the oil but don’t overcrowd the pan as they puff up during cooking.
Cook for 1 minute, turn over and cook for another 1 – 1½ minutes until golden and crisp. Lift out and place on paper towels then roll in the cinnamon sugar. Place on a cooling rack set over a baking tray in a warm oven until all the churros are cooked then devour immediately!