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Monday, November 2, 2009

Grain-free Waffles with Blueberry Compote,
Go Ahead Honey, It's Gluten-free!

Yesterday I saw Elana's post, with her theme for this month's Go Ahead Honey, It's Gluten-free: Grain-free Cakes and Cupcakes. I consider pancakes and waffles to be in the cake family, and after all, this is almost the exact recipe for my Vanilla Bean Cake.

Oh my goodness... These waffles are yummy, but with the warm blueberry compote... Wow. I may never eat a waffle alone again. Go ahead honey, it gluten and grain free!

If you use your blender to puree this batter, like I do, then give your blueberries a quick blitz first, before you make your waffle batter. That way the compote can warm up on the stove while you make the waffles, and you can just rinse the compote from the blender before you add the eggs and other ingredients for the waffles.

Blueberry Compote:
Add to blender:
3 cups thawed drained blueberries
(I found a bag of organic frozen blueberries at Costco -yay!)
1 tbsp honey
Blitz for about 3 seconds.
Simmer on the stove and reduce to the desired thickness.

Grain-free Waffles:
Makes 3 waffles.
Puree:
4 eggs
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup honey
2 tbsp ghee or coconut oil
1 and 1/4 cup white beans (I use Great Northern, that I cook myself)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp sea salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder (Grain-free Baking Powder Recipe)

Set waffle maker to medium/high.
I grease mine just slightly before pouring the batter.
Cook for about 3 minutes.

Many thanks to Elana and Naomi!

2 comments:

Alchemille said...

Those look really yummy!
I think my husband, who's slowly moving towards GF, will be tempted.
(Hopefully the batter won't stick to the waffle iron).
Worst case, I'll use the batter for pancakes ;).

Marissa said...

Oh deliciousness! I haven't had a waffle in YEARS. I think I might have to ask my boyfriend to break out his waffle iron soon. How yummy!

NRDC