During the year, there are moments that are linked to certain culinary traditions and we are sure that in your house, you don’t even skip them. In my family, for example, it has always been a tradition to eat churros at New Year’s, I suppose like in many others. However, very occasionally we can treat ourselves to having them for breakfast on the weekend. We don’t even have to go out there to enjoy them, but most of the time we eat them at home, in our pajamas (with the sacrifice of having a family member go buy them, of course).
How good that moment of churros with chocolate or coffee! How delicious freshly made, hot and crispy! In the end, we can gluttony but there are always leftovers. Then what? There’s nothing like freshly made churros, but once we’ve had our fill… What can we do with the leftovers? In this article, we are going to tell you how to keep the churros intact to eat them the next day, or whenever you feel like it. You cannot miss all the tips that we have prepared for you!
3 Basic tips to keep churros well
It is not necessary to eat the soft churros and Porras, because we already know that you will not like them that way. Although they still retain the flavor, they are no longer crunchy. But there is a half way between eating them soft or freshly made and that is knowing how to preserve them and reheat them correctly when the time comes.
1 keep them well
The best thing you can do to store churros well is to keep them in plastic or an airtight Tupperware. They can also serve you to put two plates in opposite ways, and the churros in the center. The important thing is that you don’t put them in the cold of the fridge or that they stay out in the open.
2 Forget the microwave
We tend to think that the microwave is the best option, but all it can do is heat up the food, thus losing its crispness. How awful! Or hasn’t it happened to you with pizza too? When you have leftover slices of pizza, we always tend to heat them in the microwave and many times it heats up without being crispy at all, remaining soft as when we put it in. Therefore, unless you want to eat the soft and hot churros, forget about this appliance.
3 The toaster is your ally
It seems not, but yes, the toaster is the best solution in this case. Although we must warn you that you must be careful if the churro releases a lot of oil. To recover that crunchy texture of the churros, put them in the toaster and let a few seconds pass until you see that the churro is hot and it begins to recover its texture. Once ready, take them out, let them cool down a bit so you don’t burn yourself, and test to see if they are crispy! To enjoy!
The trick to digest the fat of the churros well
- A situation that we have to face very frequently when we eat churros is that their fat sometimes “repeats”. What does this mean? Well, nothing more and nothing less than, on many occasions, since we are not used to eating fried foods, the stomach takes time to digest them and we have the feeling of being too full all morning, like repeating breakfast over and over again.
- But with a simple gesture you can save yourself this discomfort. When you have the churros or the batons, squeeze them a little with a paper napkin, you will see that this paper will absorb a lot of oil. Repeat the operation several times to be able to remove enough. In this way, you will be able to save yourself that unnecessary fat. Now you can enjoy them without problem.