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I’ll be honest with you all; I didn’t think that I was going to be able to pull this keto recipe off.
I tried creating a low-carb choux pastry alternative to make these keto churros in a more traditional fashion, but it was a dismal failure.
Then I was making a sweet fathead dough for a different dish and I looked at the leftover scraps, and thought “Hmmmmm...” I tried rolling them into sticks and deep frying them and got so excited.
I tweaked the recipe by adding an extra egg and some baking powder. These low-carb, grain-free and sugar-free churros can be either crispy and crunchy or soft and fluffy, depending on how long you cook them.
I like crunchy so that’s what I did the most of but tried out some soft and fluffy too… in the name of quality control, of course. Enjoy!
Hands-on Overall
Serving size churro with dipping sauce
Nutritional values (per serving, churro with dipping sauce)
Net carbs1.3 grams
Protein2.4 grams
Fat8.5 grams
Calories90 kcal
Calories from carbs 6%, protein 10%, fat 84%
Total carbs1.8 gramsFiber0.5 gramsSugars0.7 gramsSaturated fat4.6 gramsSodium68 mg(3% RDA)Magnesium16 mg(4% RDA)Potassium56 mg(3% EMR)
Ingredients (makes 40 churros)
Churros:
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella (170 g/ 6 oz) - use low-moisture, part-skim, shredded mozzarella cheese; not fresh mozzarella.
- 3 level tbsp cream cheese (45 g/ 1.6 oz)
- 1 cup almond flour (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp granulated Erythritol or Swerve (10 g/ 0.4 oz)
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
- enough virgin coconut oil or ghee for frying
Coating:
Chocolate Sauce:
Instructions
- Heat your oil of choice (I use coconut but you can use ghee) in a deep pan.
- Meanwhile, place mozzarella and cream cheese in a bowl and microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove and stir, then microwave again for a further 30 seconds.
- Sift almond flour, baking powder and pumpkin spice together. Add to the melted mixture along with the eggs and the Swerve.
- Mix well and spoon into a piping bag fitted with an open star piping nozzle (although a plain round one works nicely too).
- Pipe lines of dough, about 10 cm/ 4 inches long, into the hot oil and cook for a few minutes until golden. Flip them over so that they brown evenly, and then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel.
- Mix the Erythritol and cinnamon together on a tray. Toss the churros in the cinnamon mix. Instead of Erythritol you can also use granulated Swerve or Xylitol (if you can tolerate it).
- Place the chocolate sauce ingredients into a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until melted and smooth. This sauce is a bit thin, but so good!
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- These low-carb churros will soften over time. Eat them fresh and warm for the best churros experience.
Note: Nutrition facts (fat from frying oil) are estimated.
Ingredient nutritional breakdown (per serving, churro with dipping sauce)
| Net carbs | Protein | Fat | Calories |
|---|
| Mozzarella cheese (low moisture, for pizza) |
| 0.2 g | 1 g | 0.8 g | 13 kcal |
| Cream cheese, soft (full-fat) |
| 0 g | 0.1 g | 0.3 g | 3 kcal |
| Almond flour (blanched ground almonds, almond meal) |
| 0.2 g | 0.5 g | 1.3 g | 15 kcal |
| Egg, whole, fresh, raw (free-range or organic eggs) |
| 0 g | 0.3 g | 0.2 g | 4 kcal |
| Swerve, natural sweetener (Erythritol and chicory inulin based) |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Pumpkin spice mix, or gingerbread spice mix (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice) |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Baking powder, gluten-free |
| 0.1 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Erythritol (natural low-carb sweetener) |
| 0.1 g | 0 g | 0 g | 1 kcal |
| Cinnamon, spices |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Cream, heavy whipping, pouring, full-fat (30-40% fat) |
| 0.2 g | 0.1 g | 2.3 g | 22 kcal |
| Extra dark chocolate, 90% cocoa (cacao) |
| 0.4 g | 0.3 g | 1.7 g | 17 kcal |
| Butter, unsalted, grass-fed |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0.4 g | 4 kcal |
| Vanilla extract, sugar-free, alcohol-based |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Stevia extract (SweetLeaf or NuNaturals, natural low-carb sweetener) |
| 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 kcal |
| Coconut oil, extra virgin |
| 0 g | 0 g | 1.3 g | 12 kcal |
| Total per serving, churro with dipping sauce |
| 1.3 g | 2.4 g | 8.5 g | 90 kcal |
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