Belgian Waffles

Ingredients

For 4 portions

• 🌾 250g flour
• 🥄 7g yeast
• 🍚 30g sugar
• 🧂 3g salt
• 🧈 100g butter
• 🥛 300ml milk
• 🥤 150ml tap water
• 🍳 100g egg
• 🥄 5ml vanilla extract

Method

1. Melt the butter in a pan, add the milk and water and warm until just lukewarm. Take off the heat.
2. Separate the eggs. Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
3. Pour in the milk mixture, egg yolks and vanilla and whisk to a smooth, pourable batter.
4. Cover and leave somewhere warm for 1 hour, until bubbly and risen.
5. Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks and fold them gently into the batter.
6. Heat a Belgian waffle iron and brush it lightly with melted butter if it isn't non-stick.
7. Ladle in enough batter to just cover the grid, close and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until deep golden and crisp.
8. Keep the waffles on a wire rack in a low oven while you cook the rest, so they stay crisp. Serve hot with fruit, cream or a dusting of icing sugar.