Gofry: waffles crisp outside, fluffy inside, Polish seaside style
Waffles made with whipped egg whites and melted butter, with a splash of sparkling water, which makes them light inside and crisp outside. Baked in a properly hot waffle iron without peeking. With whipped cream and fruit like on the Baltic coast, with icing sugar like at home.
Your own work in that: 40 min.
- Batter 15 min
- Resting 5 min
- Baking 25 min
Step by step
0 / 5 doneWhip the whites
First switch the waffle iron to its highest setting, so it is properly hot by the time the batter is ready. Whip the whites with a pinch of salt to stiff peaks. Set aside. Beat the yolks with the sugar and vanilla sugar until pale.
Ingredients: 250 g plain flour · 3 pcs eggs · 250 ml milk · 100 ml sparkling water · 100 g butter · 2 tbsp sugar · 1 tbsp vanilla sugar · 1½ tsp baking powder · 1 pinch salt
Stiff whites, yolks beatenMix the batter
Add the milk, sparkling water and melted butter to the yolks, mix. Add the flour with the baking powder and mix briefly until smooth. Finally fold in the whipped whites with a spatula, gently, without knocking the air out. The batter should be airy, thicker than crepe batter.
TipWhipped whites are the fluff inside; butter is the crunch outside. Don't skip either.
Whites folded in gently, light batterRest briefly and oil the plates
Rest the batter 5 minutes, no longer, or the whites start to collapse. By now the iron should be fully hot (the indicator light goes out). Oil the plates thinly only before the first waffle.
Iron hot, plates lightly greasedBake without peeking
Ladle batter onto the centre of the bottom plate, close. Bake 3–4 minutes and don't open early: the waffle tears in half. Done when steam stops escaping and the waffle is golden and releases from the plates. Bake in batches, as many as your iron holds.
TipWaffles are soft straight from the iron; the crunch comes after a minute on a rack. Don't stack them or set them on a plate: steam softens them.
Golden, releasing from the plates, steam stoppedServe
Whip the cream with a spoonful of icing sugar. Serve the waffles with whipped cream and fruit, dusted with the rest of the icing sugar, or just with icing sugar. Eat at once, warm.
Ingredients: 250 ml whipping cream (30%) · 3 tbsp icing sugar · 250 g fruit: raspberries, strawberries, blueberries
Whipped cream, fruit, icing sugar
Before you start
Making ahead
Cooled on a rack, they freeze in a bag. Reheat in the toaster: crisp as fresh, better than from the fridge.
Savoury
No sugar, a pinch of pepper and a handful (about 50 g) of grated cheese in the batter. With a fried egg and ham for breakfast.
No waffle iron
The same batter in a pan makes fluffy American-style pancakes. Different shape, same taste.
