Fresh Cranberry Waffles With Orange Butter Sauce Food

FRESH CRANBERRY WAFFLES WITH ORANGE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the waffle iron until very hot. Grease with cooking oil. If using the optional chopped nuts, lightly roast in dry skillet and set aside.
• Chop the fresh cranberries finely and mix with the sugar.
• Place the nonfat yogurt and cottage cheese in a blender and puree. Place in mixing bowl and stir in the buttermilk and vanilla extract.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together. Whip the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture. Stir in the sugared cranberries.
• Beat egg whites to soft peaks and fold into batter gently.
• To make the orange butter sauce, cook the butter, honey, and fresh orange juice over medium-high heat for 15 minutes. DO NOT boil. Stir in fresh orange zest.
• Garnish waffles with nuts if desired. Serve warm.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT BELGIAN WAFFLES

Steps:

• Grease a Belgian waffle iron with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high. Whisk together first six ingredients and 1/8 teaspoon salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Add to flour mixture; stir until just combined. Fold in 3/4 cup cranberries and walnuts., Pour 1/3 cup batter into each quarter of waffle iron, spreading batter to edges. Close; cook until waffle iron stops steaming and waffle is golden brown, about 4 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine maple syrup, granulated sugar, water, remaining cranberries and remaining salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice. Serve with waffles.