Ingredients:

• 250 gm – flour
• 1 tsp – heaped castor Sugar
• 75 gm – melted cool Butter
• 3 eggs, separated
• 400 ml Milk
• Grated rind of any citrus fruit
• 1 tsp – vanilla essence or rum
• 2 tsp – melted Butter for cooking
• Topping
• 2 tsp – castor Sugar
• 1/2 tsp – Cinnamon powder
• 4 apples, peeled, cored and each cut into 8 pieces
• 2 tsp – Honey
• 1 tsp – rum ice Cream/ Cream
• Mint sprigs

Method:

1. Mix flour and 1 tsp sugar.
2. Stir in the butter, egg yolks, milk, rind and flavouring.
3. Set aside for 15 minutes.
4. Whip whites until stiff.
5. Whisk in remaining sugar and fold into batter.
6. Brush hot waffle iron with butter.
7. Cook waffle mixture for 3-4 minutes on each side before turning out and dusting with cinnamon sugar.
8. For apple topping, saute apple segments in hot butter for 5 minutes on a high flame.
9. Caramelize with honey and finish with rum.
10. Spoon on to waffles and serve hot with ice cream or cream topped with a sprig of mint.