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Belgian waffles with vanilla cream and caramelized fig

  • 45 min
    • Preparation 45 min

Ingredients

4 People
  • For the waffles:
  • 50 g Butter
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 0.5 cubes Yeast
  • 230 g Flour 
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp. Greek yogurt
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 2 tbsp. Decorating sugar
  • 1 pkg. Vanilla sugar
  • 1 Of salt
  • For the vanilla cream:
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 1 Vanilla pod
  • 200 g Mascarpone
  • 0.5 Organic lemon (zest of)
  • For the caramelized figs:
  • 4 Fresh figs 
  • 6 tbsp. Sugar
  • 100 ml Orange juice

Preparation

Step 1
Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm milk and leave for approx. 10 min. Beat the eggs with 50 g sugar and the vanilla sugar until creamy. Add yogurt, flour, and yeast/milk mixture, and stir. Stir into a smooth dough with the melted butter after it has cooled down. Fold in the decorating sugar.
ml Milk
cubes Yeast
g Flour 
Eggs
tbsp. Greek yogurt
g Sugar
tbsp. Decorating sugar
Step 2
Leave for approx. 45 min at a warm location. Add 1 tablespoon of dough to each buttered waffle iron and bake a serving of waffles.
Step 3
For the cream, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until thick and foamy. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and remove the pulp. Add to the cream with the mascarpone and lemon zest, whip briefly and chill. If it is too liquid when serving, whip again briefly.
Egg yolks
g Sugar
Vanilla pod
g Mascarpone
Organic lemon (zest of)
Step 4
For the figs, caramelize sugar in a coated frying pan, and for about 1 minute, caramelize the figs on the cut side after halving lengthwise. Remove from the frying pan and dissolve the caramel with orange juice.
Fresh figs 
tbsp. Sugar
ml Orange juice
Step 5
Coat the waffles with the cream and cut into shapes if desired. Cover with the fig halves. Drizzle over the orange caramel.  To add a little crunch, roast 1 tbsp of quinoa without grease (attention: it pops), then add on top.