Prosciutto and pear waffle.
BASIC WAFFLE RECIPE
Makes about 8, 7-inch light, crispy waffles
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup dried buttermilk powder (available in most grocery stores)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cups unflavored
- soda water
Whisk together the dry ingredients, including buttermilk powder. Combine sour cream, eggs, vanilla and oil in a separate bowl and mix well. Gently stir soda water into wet mixture. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in wet mix. Fold together with rubber spatula until barely combined. Do not over-mix. Cook waffles according to waffle iron manufacturer’s directions, using about 1/3 cup batter per waffle.
Freeze any leftover waffles.
PROSCIUTTO AND PEAR
For each waffle:
- 3–4 thin slices of prosciutto or speck
- about 1/4 a pear, thinly slice
- sprig of thyme
- 1 tsp. apricot jam
Arrange the ham on the waffle; top with a fan of pear slices. Drizzle the pear lightly with apricot jam (thinned with a bit of hot water if necessary) and garnish with a sprig of thyme.
Bon Appetit!
-Mary Brown Malouf
