Honey and ricotta waffles

A few months ago, I got my hands on a waffle machine. I went a bit waffle mad, making them nearly every day, from the dough-style Liège waffles with pearl sugar to standard sweet waffles and all the way to savoury. I even, in exhaustion, used my machine to make cheese toasties (it works really well, incidentally). I then got to testing waffles with one of my favourite ingredients, ricotta, and got such good results: fluffy and perfectly golden. I love making a batch of these in advance, cooking them, and then popping them in the toaster in the morning easy. Raspberries, blackberries and blueberries (or berry compote) are a brilliant accompaniment to waffles. When they are not in season, use frozen ones. You will need a waffle iron to make these.

Prep 10 min

Rest 30 min

Cook 10 min

Makes 4-5 large waffles

Ingredients

250g ricotta

100ml whole milk

40g good honey, plus extra to serve

2 eggs

120g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 pinch fine salt

Zest of 1 orange

50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Salted butter, to serve

Seasonal fruit, defrosted frozen berries or compote, to serve.

In a large bowl, stir the ricotta, milk, honey and eggs until well mixed. In a second bowl, stir the flour, baking powder, salt and orange zest until evenly combined. Slowly combine the wet mixture with the dry, then stir in the melted butter. Cover the bowl and leave the batter to sit for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat the waffle machine to medium. Once it’s rested, spoon ladles of the batter into the base of the hot iron and cook for four minutes, until golden brown. Repeat with the remaining batter, and serve hot and topped with salted butter, an extra drizzle of honey and seasonal fruit, defrosted frozen berries or a dollop of compote.