Churros y Chocolate!

Most of you know that I have a serious weakness for chocolate, I need to have a little of it every day.

I had heard about Spain’s traditional churros y chocolate but I really wasn’t sure what it was all about…until the other night.

While we were walking the streets of Almeria, trying to get closer to the parade route, we passed a sidewalk café where we noticed people eating these fabulous things! I could have stopped to eat them right then but we really wanted to get a space along the route plus, the thought of "drinking" (you'll understand what I mean in a minute)the chocolate before having tapas wasn’t all that appealing. We vowed to find the café again before leaving town, and we did.

The churros are basically fried dough, sometimes they are made with potatoes and sometimes not. Most times they have the ridges but sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re served with sugar or cinnamon and sugar but most times not. Sometimes they are served in a long coil that you break apart but most times they’re about four inches long. The ones we were served happened to be room temperature, personally I think they would have been better piping hot.
The chocolate part of the equation (first introduced to Europe by the Spanish conquistador Cortez in the early 16th c.- I knew there was another reason to love Spain!) is actually a small cup of dark, rich hot chocolate, more similar to warm pudding then the hot chocolate we’re used to in the states. I have heard it said the churro should be able to stand up in the chocolate and for the most part, it does!

Good anytime of the day or night!