Cheese & Chive Waffles with Eggs & Bacon
Ingredients
For Waffles:
- 2 Pete and Gerrys Organic Eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 8 tablespoons one stick of melted butter
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Ingredients to stir into waffles
- 2 cups Sharp Cheese freshly grated (We use cheddar, gouda, or whatever you have in your fridge
- 2 tablespoons minced chives
- 1 teaspoons granulated garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon ancho powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
Toppings:
- 24 slices of bacon
- 12 Pete and Gerrys Organic eggs cracked into 6 ramekins
- 2 cups Arugula
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half and salted
Instructions
- Put bacon on a rimmed cookie sheet and put into 400 degree oven, checking and turning every 5 minutes till crisp
- Sift dry ingredients into large bowl
- In separate bowl, beat eggs
- Wisk in buttermilk
- Add dry ingredients to wet, lightly stirring with whisk
- Gently fold in melted butter
- Stir in cheese & chives
- Add a few grinds of black pepper & garlic granules
- Let batter rest for at least 10 minutes while you heat the waffle iron
- Test a small amount of batter in waffle iron for flavor, and adjust seasoning if necessary!
- Crack eggs into ramekins
- Add 1 teaspoon butter each to 2 small frying pans
- Drop 2 eggs gently into each pan, cover to cook, repeat for additional guests
- If you are not making individual waffles, and want to keep them crisp, put on a grid o a cookie sheet, to let air circulate, and keep in 250 degree oven
To prepare:
- Put hot waffle on plate
- Top with crispy bacon
- Mound a handful of Arugula on top
- Delicately slide eggs on top
- Top with cherry tomatoes
- Add freshly ground black pepper
Notes
The waffle recipe will make enough waffles for you to have left overs. They are great as croutons for tomato soup!