Traditional Vafler Norwegian Cardamom Waffles Recipes

TRADITIONAL VAFLER, NORWEGIAN CARDAMOM WAFFLES

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar until fluffy.
• Whisk in the flour, cardamom, and sour cream until smooth and creamy.
• Melt the butter and stir it into the mixture, then set aside for 10 minutes.
• Grease your waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions with butter/Earth Balance, oil, or cooking spray. Pour on batter in 1/2-cup increments and cook according to your judgment or manufacturer directions. Serve with powdered sugar and lingonberry jam.

CARDAMOM WAFFLES

Steps:

• For the lemon butter: Add the butter, cardamom, lemon zest and salt to a bowl. Mix until combined. Turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap and roll into a log. Refrigerate until it hardens, at least 2 hours.
• For the waffles: Combine the flour, cardamom, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a bowl and whisk together. Mix the milk, yogurt, grapeseed oil and egg yolks together in another bowl. Whisk the egg whites with the sugar in another bowl until nearly stiff peaks form.
• Combine the flour mixture with the milk and yogurt mixture, then fold in the egg whites.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Preheat a waffle iron and line a baking tray with a wire rack.
• Grease the waffle iron with a little butter. Cook waffles according to the waffle iron instructions. Remove to the prepared baking tray. Place in the oven until all the waffles are made and ready to eat.
• For serving: Stack 2 waffles and top with a 1/2-inch-thick piece of lemon butter. Sprinkle with ground pistachios, top with seasonal fruit and drizzle with maple syrup. Garnish with fresh mint and serve.

NORWEGIAN WAFFLES

Steps:

• Preheat a waffle iron.
• Beat together eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Pour in shortening, milk, salt, and vanilla; mix until well blended. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Mix the flour into the liquid.
• Spoon 2/3 cup of batter onto the preheated waffle iron at a time. Close the iron and cook until steam no is no longer coming out and waffle is browned.

SCANDINAVIAN SWEETHEART WAFFLES

Steps:

• Place egg yolks into a large mixing bowl with the sugar, and beat until light and frothy. Mix in the vanilla sugar and water until evenly combined, and stir in half the melted butter, half the buttermilk, half the flour. When mixture is smooth, mix in remaining butter, buttermilk, flour, cardamom, and salt, and beat again to a smooth batter.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until they form stiff peaks; gently fold the egg whites into the batter, incorporating as much volume as possible.
• Preheat a waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions.
• Spoon about 1/3 cup of batter into the preheated waffle iron, close the lid, and cook until the waffle is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove waffle to a plate. If using a heart-shaped iron, break the waffle into individual hearts to serve. Repeat with remaining batter.