Waffles with Vanilla Ice Cream and Caramelized Apples

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• Salt
• 120 g butter
• 120 g sugar
• 0.5 tsp lemon zest
• 0.5 vanilla bean (extract)
• 130 g buttermilk
• 300 g flour
• 60 g ground almonds
• 1.5 tsp Baking Powder
• 3 ripe apples
• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar
• oil (for waffle iron)
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. 1.

   Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. Cream together the butter, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla extract; fold in the yolks and buttermilk gradually. Sift the flour with almonds and baking powder into the mixture and stir to combine. Gently fold in the beaten egg whites. Let the batter rest for 20 minutes.

2. 2.

   Preheat the waffle iron during this time.

3. 3.

   Peel, quarter, core, and dice the apples into 1 cm cubes; toss them with lemon juice.

4. 4.

   In a skillet melt butter, add apple cubes, sauté briefly, sprinkle powdered sugar, and caramelize until glossy.

5. 5.

   Scoop small portions of batter onto the oiled waffle iron and cook until golden brown (about 5 minutes per waffle). Plate each waffle with caramelized apples and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Serve immediately.