Serves 6
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Berry melba sauce
- 225 g (8 oz) raspberries or mixed raspberries and strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
Waffles
- 125 g (41/2 oz) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter or sunflower oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 150 ml (1/4 pint) semi skimmed milk
To serve
- 250 ml (8 fl oz) full fat crème fraiche or Greek yogurt with honey
- 350 g (12 oz) mixed strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, slice or halve strawberries depending on their size
- Little sifted icing sugar
- To make the sauce, puree the fruit with the lemon juice and sugar then sieve if liked.
- To make the waffles, sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl then mix in the sugar.
- Lightly whisk the melted butter or oil, egg, vanilla and milk together in a separate bowl.
- Heat up the electric waffle machine.
- Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients then whisk until smooth.
- Spoon batter into the machine, close the lid and cook until waffles are browned and well risen.
- Remove waffles from the machine, transfer to serving plates, cut in half, if liked and top each one with a spoonful of crème fraiche or yogurt, summer fruits and a light dusting of sifted icing sugar then drizzle with fruit sauce to taste.
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Recipe and photo credit by Seasonal Berries
