Name: Savoury Spring Onion Waffles with Poached Eggs Recipe - Australian Eggs
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 100g self-raising flour; 50g buckwheat flour; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; Sea salt and black pepper; 2 spring onions, finely sliced, plus extra to serve; 70g cheddar cheese, grated; 3 eggs; 600mL buttermilk; 100g unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Savoury Spring Onion Waffles with Poached Eggs

Preparation time 25 mins
Serves 8 people
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Publication 20 May 2019
Categories
- Vegetarian

Ingredients

SPRING ONION WAFFLES:

100g self-raising flour
50g buckwheat flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Sea salt and black pepper
2 spring onions, finely sliced, plus extra to serve
70g cheddar cheese, grated
3 eggs
600mL buttermilk
100g unsalted butter, melted and cooled

TO SERVE:

Poached eggs
Blanched baby spinach
Cherry tomatoes, halved
Extra virgin olive oil

Method

In a large bowl, combine the flours, bicarbonate of soda and a generous pinch of sea salt and pepper. Stir through the spring onions and cheese and set aside
In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and cooled melted butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined
Spoon in ½ cup amounts of the mixture into a hot waffle iron and cook for around 5 minutes or according to the instructions of your maker
Arrange the waffles onto plates and top each waffle with a poached egg, some baby spinach and cherry tomatoes
Drizzle generously with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Scatter over extra spring onions and serve

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Recipe by Julia Busuttil