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🍰 Spelt Waffles with Cherry Sauce

248 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 370 g sour cherries (drained weight; jar)
• 1 organic lemon
• 1.5 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 3 eggs
• 30 g raw cane sugar
• 125 g spelt wholemeal flour
• 125 g spelt flour (Type 630)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch vanilla powder
• 500 ml buttermilk
• 45 g melted butter
• 1 pinch salt
• Powdered sugar from raw cane sugar (to taste)

Instructions

1. 1. Place the cherries in a sieve and let the juice drain completely. Catch the juice in a bowl.
2. 2. Rinse the lemon under hot water and pat it dry.
3. 3. Grate the lemon zest finely.
4. 4. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
5. 5. Pour the collected cherry juice and the cinnamon into a pot.
6. 6. Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil.
7. 7. Simmer the sauce over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
8. 8. Mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice until a smooth paste forms.
9. 9. Stir the starch-lemon mixture into the boiling cherry sauce.
10. 10. Continue stirring the sauce until it thickens.
11. 11. Add the drained cherries to the sauce.
12. 12. Add the grated lemon zest to the sauce.
13. 13. Pour the sauce into a bowl and let it cool.
14. 14. Separate the eggs: Take the egg yolk away from the egg white.
15. 15. Beat the egg yolks with 20 grams of sugar and vanilla powder until the mixture is frothy.
16. 16. Mix the flours with the baking powder.
17. 17. Alternately stir in buttermilk and melted butter into the egg yolk mixture.
18. 18. Beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar and salt until stiff.
19. 19. Fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the batter.
20. 20. Preheat the waffle iron.
21. 21. Grease the waffle iron if necessary.
22. 22. Pour a ladleful of batter into the waffle iron.
23. 23. Bake the waffles one after another until golden brown.
24. 24. Dust the finished waffles with powdered sugar.
25. 25. Serve the waffles together with the cherry sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 248
• Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 34 g