Mashed Potato Churro Dogs and Bowls
Mashed potatoes take the spotlight in these crispy churro recipes, perfect for snacks or a unique side dish.
Equipment
- Muffin pan
- Piping bag with star-shaped nozzle
- Wooden Skewers
Ingredients
- 2 lbs potatoes
- 3 egg yolks
- salt & nutmeg to taste
- 1/4 stick butter
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 hot dogs
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water. Add the egg yolks to the cooked potatoes, season with salt and nutmeg, and mash everything until smooth.
- Bring the water and butter to a boil, then add a pinch of salt. Add the flour and stir the mixture until it forms a ball.
- Add the egg and continue to stir until a smooth mass forms. Mix the mashed potatoes and choux pastry together and transfer the mass to a piping bag.
- Turn a muffin pan upside down and grease it. Pipe the mashed potato choux pastry mixture around 3 muffin cups and freeze the muffin pan for 90 minutes.
- Remove the mashed potato churro bowls from the muffin pan and fry them in hot oil for 2-3 minutes until golden brown.
- For the mashed potato churro dogs, stick a wooden skewer through each hot dog and pipe the mashed potato choux pastry mixture around the hot dogs. Fry the mashed potato churro dogs for 2-3 minutes until golden brown.
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Notes
Serve your fried snacks with different sauces and condiments, a fresh side salad, or with some delicious pulled pork and gravy. Whatever direction you want to go in, one thing's for sure: these mashed potatoes are the star of the show!