VOGUE RECIPE-BANANA, PEANUT BUTTER, COCONUT MILK WAFFLES 

THIS IS AN ULTIMATE WEEKEND BRUNCH DISH AND ONE THAT YOU NEEDN’T FEEL TOO GUILTY FOR

PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES | MARINATING TIME: 2 HOUR(S) | COOKING TIME: 5-10 MINUTES | FEEDS: 4

INGREDIENTS:
WAFFLE MIXTURE -
425G WHOLEMEAL FLOUR
1 TBSP BAKING POWDER
GENEROUS SPRINKLE OF SEA SALT
280ML COCONUT MILK
1 OVERRIPE BANANA – MASHED
1⁄2 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT OR 1⁄4 TSP VANILLA PASTE
2 FREE RANGE EGGS
125ML RAPESEED OIL
1TBSP PEANUT BUTTER 1 BANANA – ROUGHLY CHOPPED
1 TBSP PEANUT BUTTER
BUTTER/COCONUT OIL – FOR GREASING THE WAFFLE IRONS

BANANA ICE CREAM -
4 BANANAS – PEELED ROUGHLY CHOPPED AND FROZEN
MAPLE SYRUP 

SPICE MIXTURE -
2 PODS OF CARDAMOM
1⁄2 TSP GROUND CINNAMON
HANDFUL OF WALNUTS
2 TSP BROWN SUGAR

FREEZE YOUR BANANAS WELL AHEAD OF TIME | ENSURING YOU PEEL AND CHOP THEM PRIOR TO FREEZING | ONCE FROZEN, BLITZ THEM IN A FOOD PROCESSOR UNTIL YOU HAVE A SMOOTH, CREAMY CONSISTENCY THEN ADD A TABLESPOON OF PEANUT BUTTER AND BLITZ AGAIN BRIEFLY | RETURN TO THE FREEZER UNTIL READY TO SERVE

FOR THE WAFFLES, WHISK TOGETHER ALL THE WAFFLE MIX INGREDIENTS UNTIL YOU HAVE A SMOOTH MIXTURE | THEN REFRIGERATE UNTIL READY TO USE | HEAT THE WAFFLE IRONS AND COAT WITH EITHER MELTED BUTTER OR COCONUT OIL | ADD SEVERAL BITS OF CHOPPED BANANA AND A FEW SMALL DOLLOPS OF PEANUT BUTTER THEN POUR IN A SMALL LADLE OF THE WAFFLE MIXTURE AND CLOSE THE IRONS | COOKING UNTIL GOLDEN AND CRISP | ONCE COOKED YOU CAN KEEP WARM IN THE OVEN (150 DEGREES CELSIUS) UNTIL READY TO SERVE

FOR THE SPICE MIX, SIMPLY MUDDLE THE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.

SERVE THE WAFFLES WARM WITH A GENEROUS BALL OF BANANA AND PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM WITH A SPRINKLE OF THE SPICE MIX