Gourmet and comforting, sweet waffles are a delight for young and old alike. In recent years, they have been available from sweet to savory. Have you ever thought about surprise your guests or your family with waffles as an aperitif or as a main course? You should try !
How to make your waffles a success?
To make your waffles a success, and that they don’t stick to the waffle maker during cooking, a very hot, greased appliance is essential! We therefore start by buttering or lightly oiling the plates using a brush and then preheating the appliance. To test the cooking, place a drop of dough on a plate: it should freeze immediately. If it remains white and liquid, continue preheating for a few minutes. When the waffle iron is at temperature, place a large tablespoon of batter in the middle of each plate and close the waffle iron. Cooking then varies from 2 to 5 minutes depending on the ingredients.
>> The waffles are cooked when the steam stops coming out of the appliance (be careful not to open the waffle maker too soon, at the risk of tearing the waffles). The waffles are then gently peeled off, and the plates are lightly oiled again before starting a new round.
The two savory waffle techniques
You can opt for the classic technique with cheese paste to which you add the various ingredients you have on hand: herbs, vegetables, charcuterie, etc. All cut into small pieces to integrate them well into the waffle batter. This is a particularly good way to do eat vegetables to children by camouflaging them inside, they will see nothing but fire! Then all you have to do is take out your waffle maker and cook them in the classic way until the waffles are golden brown. If you have added green vegetables, they will also be colorful and will intrigue your toddlers even more.
The other option is more user-friendly and will delight the whole family. It’s about making potato-based waffle batter or sweet potatoes that everyone can then garnish at their convenience, bagel style, wraps or blinis. You will therefore only have to make the waffle batter and then bake them and take out all the accompaniments on the table. The greediest can even do like the Belgians who had the idea of the “Waffle burger”, a revisit of the traditional burger by replacing buns (burger buns) with savory waffles. In the same way, the club-sandwich and the croque-monsieur had the right to their declension in club’waffle and croq’waffle. good ideas that will satisfy all hungers.
How to store waffles?
Obviously, we are not going to prepare only one or two waffles, but we are not necessarily going to eat 6 each either. The correct technique is therefore to prepare and bake all the waffles and freeze the surplus ones, placing them in a box or a plastic bag, separated by a square of parchment paper. So they won’t stick together. To reheat them, a few minutes in the toaster, defrosting position, will suffice: perfect for a gourmet craving when you get out of bed!
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