SAVOURY
WAFFLES WITH HAM
500g of our – 200g of nely chopped ham – a pinch of salt – 3 or
4 eggs – 1 sachet of baking powder – 125g of butter – ¾ L of liquid
(water, milk and, if you wish, a glass of dry white wine).
Pour the our into a terrine dish. Add the salt and egg yokes.
Beat with a whisk together with the water (having dissolved the
baking powder in the water) and white wine. Add the melted butter.
Beat once more. Add the nely chopped ham. Then fold in the egg
whites, having beaten them stiff. Leave to stand for ½ and hour.
Eat the wafes immediately after cooking.
WAFERS
(or bricelets or dry wafes)
The results are always better when using ordinary our rather than
cake our.
BRICELETS DE DIVONNE
4 eggs – 200g of sugar – 250g of melted butter – the zest from
2 lemons – 250g of our – a pinch of salt.
Beat the eggs, then add the sugar, melted butter, lemon zests,
salt and sifted our. The batter will be runny. Leave to stand for
24 hours in a cool place. Place a quantity of batter the size of a
walnut on the plate.
TOASTED SANDWICHES
Always put a pat of butter at the exterior of each slice of bread.
TOASTED CHEESE CANAPES
Gruyere, Chester or any other type of cheese you can grate. Beat the
following in a saucepan:
30g of butter – 30g of our – ¼ litre of milk – 2 egg yokes.
Mix and gradually add
50g of grated cheese. Add seasoning and
spread the batter on slices of French bread or white loaf (1cm thick).
CROQUE-MONSIEUR
Garnish a slice of bread with grated gruyere. Place a slice of ham on
top of the gruyere. Cover with more gruyere and place the second
slice of bread on top.
CROQUE "COCOTTE"
Make a hollow in the rst slice of bread with the back of a spoon,
break an egg into it and add seasoning (salt and pepper). With the
spoon, make a similar hollow in the other slice of bread and place
it on top of the egg.
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