Blueberry waffles with maple butter

Blueberry waffles with maple butter

from deliciousmagazine.co.uk
25 min
1 servings

Here we bring you a classic breakfast of blueberry waffles with maple butter. You can’t beat these, cooked until golden, and sprinkled with cinnamon. Plus, if you don’t have a waffle iron, you can use a griddle pan and still come up trumps! Or why not try our coconut and banana waffles for something a bit different?

Ingredients

  • 175g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp bicarb soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra to serve
  • 300ml buttermilk
  • 50ml whole milk
  • 50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus extra to grease
  • 2 medium free-range eggs, separated
  • 300g blueberries
  • For the whipped maple butter
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 4 tbsp maple syrup, plus extra to serve
  • You’ll also need
  • A waffle iron or ridged griddle pan

Directions

  1. 1

    For the whipped butter, melt the butter in a small pan over a medium heat. Continue to cook, stirring regularly, until the butter turns brown and smells nutty. Pour into a bowl and add the maple syrup, then chill until the butter re-solidifies but is still soft (about 30 minutes). Beat the butter using an electric hand mixer until very pale and fluffy. Stir in a pinch of sea salt, then set aside at room temperature until ready to serve (see Make Ahead)

  2. 2

    Grease an 18cm waffle iron (see Know-how) and heat to high. Sift the flour, bicarb, baking powder, icing sugar and cinnamon together in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, milk, butter and egg yolks, then pour into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

  3. 3

    Whisk the egg whites to firm peaks using an electric hand mixer, then fold into the waffle batter, followed by half the blueberries. Ladle about ¼ of the batter into the middle of the waffle iron and cook for 6-8 minutes until crisp and golden. Keep the cooked waffles warm in a low oven while cooking the remaining batter (see Make Ahead).

  4. 4

    Serve the waffles warm, topped with the maple butter, remaining fresh blueberries, an extra drizzle of maple syrup and a sprinkling of cinnamon, if you like.