Blackberry Bacon Waffles

It’s National Waffle Day!

Typically I don’t do ‘National Days’ but for some reason as I was perusing Twitter, I saw the mention of National Waffle Day.

At this point, I was wishy-washy over what we were going to have for dinner…

I opened the frig and found bacon, blackberries and buttermilk.

Tonight we’re having breakfast for dinner.

You’ll love this – the waffles have a gentle hint of the saltiness of  bacon balanced with the sweetness of  fresh blackberries and blackberry syrup.

Top them with fresh blackberries and you have a simple, delicious dinner…

or breakfast…

or lunch…

Blackberry Bacon Waffles
A Kitchen Muse: Gourmet Magazine
Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: 4
Combine the saltiness of bacon with the sweetness of fresh blackberries for a delicious waffle – perfect for breakfast, brunch or dinner
Ingredients
  • 6 bacon slices
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup well-shaken buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • BLACKBERRY SYRUP;
  • ½ cup picked-over blackberries
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup
  • GARNISH: ½ cup blackberries
Instructions
  1. Preheat a well-seasoned or non-stick Belgian or standard waffle iron.
  2. Preheat oven to 200° F.
  3. Finely chop bacon and in a skillet cook over moderate heat, stirring, until crisp.
  4. Into a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir in buttermilk, egg, and bacon including bacon fat (about ¼ cup) until smooth (batter will be very thick).
  5. Make syrup:
  6. Halve berries lengthwise.
  7. In a small saucepan simmer berries with syrup over moderately low heat 1 minute.
  8. Spoon batter into waffle iron (using 1 cup batter for two 4-inch-square Belgian waffles or four 4-inch-square standard waffles), spreading evenly, and cook according to manufacturer’s instructions.
  9. Transfer waffles to a baking sheet and keep warm, uncovered, in middle of oven.
  10. Make more waffles with remaining batter in same manner.
  11. Serve waffles with blackberry syrup and garnish with blackberries.

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