Churros French Toast Fingers

Churros, also known as the Mexican doughnut, are deep fried cylindrical shaped pastries. These are often served with cinnamon sugar and a chocolate dunking sauce. I don't like deep fried foods, so I have adapted good old fashioned French toast and given it a churros ish twist. I've added a bit of orange to complement the cinnamon and chocolate. An ooey gooey messy dessert, great fun for kids to make-chocolate everywhere!

Ingredients:

4 slices white bread, crusts removed
2 eggs
150ml milk
55g butter
Sunflower oil
2tbls granulated sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon

Chocolate Orange Sauce:

150g good quality dark chocolate
150ml Glenisk Organic Fresh Cream
Zest of 1 orange

Method:

1. To make the chocolate sauce, place a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Gently melt the chocolate with half the orange zest in the glass bowl. Gradually add the Glenisk Organic Fresh Cream and stir well until glossy and smooth. Serve in a warmed jug with extra orange zest for garnish.
2. Cut each slice of bread into 4 fingers.
3. Beat the eggs and milk together in a pie dish or soup plate.
4. Dip the bread fingers into the eggy mixture and coat well.
5. Melt half the butter with a tablespoon of oil in a non stick frying pan. When the butter is foaming, fry the bread until golden brown on both sides. Add the remaining butter and more oil if needed until all the bread is fried.
6. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the warm toast.
7. Serve warm with the warm orange chocolate sauce. Serves 4.

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Churros French Toast Fingers is a great recipe to get the kids involved in meal preparation (and who doesn't love licking the chocolate off their fingers?!). Read about the importance of family mealtime in Rozanne's Foodie File.