History

The jeringo takes its name from the jeringa, the syringe-shaped press the dough is squeezed through, and the Córdoba version differs from the Madrid churro in shape and thickness: a single wide spiral, cut to order, with a chewier interior. Churrerías here open before dawn and shut by early afternoon, and a handful reopen for the merienda around 17:00. The dough is flour, water and salt and nothing else, which is why the frying temperature does all the work. The city's remaining counters, from Santos Mártires by the Alcázar to the neighbourhood shops in San Andrés, all run the same short trading window.

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Common allergens: Gluten

Make it at home

Yield Serves 4Hands-on 20 minTotal 35 minDifficulty Intermediate

Ingredients

  • 250g plain flour
  • 250ml water
  • 1 teaspoon fine salt
  • Sunflower oil for frying
  • Caster sugar to finish
  • For the chocolate: 200ml whole milk, 100g dark chocolate, 1 teaspoon cornflour

Method

  1. Bring the water and salt to a rolling boil, then tip in all the flour at once and beat hard with a wooden spoon until it forms a smooth ball that leaves the pan.
  2. Let the dough cool for 10 minutes, then load it into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle.
  3. Heat 3cm of oil in a wide shallow pan to 190C.
  4. Pipe the dough into the oil in one continuous spiral, working from the centre outwards.
  5. Fry for about 2 minutes a side until golden, then lift out, drain and cut into lengths with scissors.
  6. For the chocolate, whisk the cornflour into a little cold milk, heat the rest with the chocolate until melted, then whisk in the slurry and simmer until thick.

Tip from the editors. The oil must be at 190C. Below that the dough drinks oil and the jeringos come out heavy and greasy.

Where to eat jeringos

Jeringos in Córdoba

Churrería Victoria ★ 4.1

€ €3-8BrunchSpanish churro breakfastCentro

Churrería Victoria is the Spanish answer to brunch in Córdoba, jeringos and chocolate from 07:30 on Avenida Doctor Fleming, then again at merienda time.

OrderJeringos with thick chocolate, the Córdoba breakfast in its plainest form.

TipThis is Spanish breakfast rather than Anglo brunch; expect no eggs, no avocado and standing room only.

Directions

Churrería Arroyo de San Andrés ★ 4.2

€ Street foodSan Andres

Churrería Arroyo de San Andrés fries jeringos in a residential corner of Córdoba, shutting by early afternoon six days a week and closed on Mondays.

Why locals goIt is a morning-only, closed-Monday counter in a residential barrio, and its product is the Córdoba jeringo rather than the generic churro.

TipEverything is finished by 14:00, which is exactly why the Judería crowd never make it here.

Directions

Churrería Santos Mártires ★ 3.9

€ Street foodSan BasilioCash only

Churrería Santos Mártires works a kiosk facing the Alcázar in Córdoba and trades in a four-and-a-half-hour window before packing up at midday.

OrderChurros and chocolate, eaten on a bench facing the Alcázar walls.

TipThe window is 07:30 to 12:00 flat, so this is a stop before the Alcázar rather than after it.

Directions

Mojaelchurro ★ 4.2

€ Street foodJuderia

Mojaelchurro fries organic churros and sopaipas a street from the Mezquita in Córdoba, opening at 07:30 and shutting the fryer again at 13:00.

OrderSopaipas, the flatter Andalusian fried dough that most visitors never order.

TipMornings only. If you plan a churro stop for the afternoon here you will find the shutters down.

Directions

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