Why suddenly churros?
A month ago I was there 20 minutes before dinner looking online for ideas of very quick desserts. For a change I wanted to stir away from a chocolate cake, chocolate souffles and all other chocolate treats for that reason.
Maybe I had an overdose of chocolate, we had just been preparing our Easter chocolate eggs. Making Easter eggs and a few bunnies has become a rite just before Easter. The children are the doers once the chocolate is tempered. They love it. I do as well and I must say the chocolate eggs and bunnies are pretty good!
So what happened?
So I was looking through a collection of recipe from I can’t remember a French or Australian foodie magazine website. I was probably looking at both. Anyway, I happened to see a churros recipe. That was it, I had everything available: flour, eggs, a little bit of sugar and some butter.
So here I am making my churros dough, then we are having our dinner with a break for the cooking. The first batch is just out that some neighbours pop up. Churros gone, I just had time to dust some icing sugar on them. The last batch was cleaned off very quick as well.
The batch of churros for the photos was done this weekend while doing a 1,000 pieces jigsaw puzzle of the map of Australia found at the local wharf (wharf treasures).
The recipe is HERE!
What else?
I bought a block of fresh yeast when wandering in Haberfield, an inner west suburb of Sydney with a strong Italian tradition. So I made quite a few things.
One family favourite is the Tarte au sucre, a northern France specialty. It is very simple. I know I often says so. Trust me, this raised dough has nothing to scare you off: mix, let rise, spread, spread soft brown sugar and cream and bake! the recipe is HERE.
I hadn’t done any croissants for a while. I was not that happy with my lamination but they turned out better that I thought they would. It is always fun to have the children rolling them. We also had a traveller staying with us who loved this type of activities and was happy to learn.
Yum those croissants look so good! Would love to get my hands on some fresh yeast and have a go myself. Do you remember the name of the store where you bought the yeast? Can’t seem to find it anywhere.
Thanks
In Sydney, most italian delis would store it, you may have to ask for it. In Mona Vale, you can find some at “Quattro Stagioni Deli”. There would be some in Haberfield. Bondi Junction would have some at the deli near the old Coles / KMart, Maroubra has some at the deli in Maroubra Square. Good luck!