Swedish Waffles - Våfflor

If you have a waffle machine (and they’re not that pricey) and are looking for a tasty weekend breakfast, then this is the recipe for you. Swedish style waffles are mildly tricky to make, the batter is slightly thin and sometimes removing them from the pan is a nightmare if you haven’t greased it well enough/are too impatient.

But my boyfriend assures me that my tribulations with these waffles are worth it. Because he LOVES them. One thing I love about them is, when using the traditional Swedish waffle iron, they come out in little heart shapes. I love it when my food is cute.

There’s no sugar in the batter, so these are definitely savoury, and the sweetness comes from the array of toppings that these serve as a base for. Any work well, let your imagination run wild, but for breakfast ones I have a soft spot for Nutella (who doesn’t?). If you’re serving as a dessert, you can’t go wrong with icecream.

Makes 5-6 waffles

Ingredients

• 100g butter, melted
• 165g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 400ml milk
• Oil or butter, for greasing the waffle iron

To serve:

• Whipped cream
• Jam
• Icing sugar
• Chopped strawberries
• Nutella
• Vanilla icecream

Method

Melt the butter and let cool slightly.

Measure out the dry ingredients and mix. Stir in half the milk.

Then add in the rest of the milk and butter and stir to mix well. There may be some lumps, but that is ok.

Heat the waffle iron, and when ready, grease the pan with some oil or butter.

Pour in a little under a ladleful of batter to the machine (about 1cm free rim around the top of the ladle is about enough).

Embrace the lumps.

And close the lid. Let cook for 2-3 minutes.

The carnage that is my kitchen is just out of shot

Open the lid carefully, what I find is that normally the top part sticks a lot more because it’s harder to grease the upright bit. I just used a wooden spatula and, from the edge, carefully peeled the top bit off. It works, you just need patience.

Serve with any of the above suggestions, or all. My Swedish boyfriend prefers the whipped cream/strawberry jam combo, traditional-style.

Mid-munch in the corner