This year I celebrated with a small waffle party with friends. I made a bunch of waffles and had people bring in toppings. I also decided to make a Cherry Pinot Noir Waffle Syrup from a recipe I found at MrBreakfast.com.
I used Pinot Evil Pinot Noir because it's got an awesome name, and I love their Pinot Grigot version.
I trippled the recipe because I wouldn't have used the extra cherries or Pinot Noir. I also was unable to find the star anise or it's substitute, anise seeds, on Maui, so I left it out.
I ended up simmering the batch a lot longer than the recipe called for. While this was probably necessary, I definitely simmered it for longer than I should have because it thickens a lot as it cools. Mine ended up more the consistancy of jam than syrup, but it was rather tasty, especially with the Cranberry Orange Waffles.
what recipe do you use for your waffles? I have two irons one square and one round and haven't used them nearly enough.
ReplyDeleteSounds yum!
I tried a bunch and actually settled on the one in the manual for my waffle iron. I was really hoping to get a beer waffle recipe that would work but none of them were that great.
ReplyDeleteThe one I settled on is a little weird because they have you make a base first that you don't necessarily use all of. But I've found that if I halve the recipe it's perfect for one waffle which is really all I need.