Sweet Waffles with Apple Toppings
Ingredients:
250 gm flour
1 tsp heaped castor sugar
75 gm melted cooled butter
3 eggs-separated
400 ml milk
grated rind of any citrus fruit
1 tsp vanilla essence or rum
2 tsp melted butter for cooking
Topping :
2 tsp castor sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
4 apples- peeled, cored and each cut into 8 pieces
2 tsp honey
1 tsp rum
ice cream/cream
mint sprigs
Method:
Mix flour and 1 tsp sugar.
Stir in the butter, egg yolks, milk, rind and flavoring.
Set aside for 15 minutes.
Whip whites until stiff.
Whisk in remaining sugar and fold into batter.
Brush hot waffle iron with butter in a frying pan.
Cook waffle mixture for 3-4 minutes on each side before turning out
and dusting with cinnamon sugar.
For apple topping
Saute apple segments in hot butter for 5 minutes on a fast flame.
Caramelize with honey on the heat and finish with rum.
Spoon onto waffles and serve hot with ice cream
or cream topped with a sprig of mint.