Name: Overnight waffles, brown butter pecan ice cream & spiced pears
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 145 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Overnight waffles; 125 millilitre (1/2 cup) warm milk; 1 1/2 teaspoon active dried yeast; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 300 gram plain flour; 40 gram brown sugar; 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; 125 gram softened butter; 50 gram pearl sugar (also called hail or nib sugar; available from specialist baking shops and online stockists); Brown butter pecan ice cream; 200 gram cold butter, coarsely chopped; 500 millilitre (2 cups) milk; 50 gram liquid glucose (glucose syrup); 300 millilitre cream; 8 egg yolks; 80 gram brown sugar; 120 gram pecans, roasted, coarsely chopped; Spiced pears; 400 gram caster sugar; 1 orange, rind thinly peeled; 2 cardamom pods, cracked; 1 each star anise and cinnamon quill; 4 small ripe pears, cored and halved, stalks left on; To finish; vegetable oil; maple syrup; chopped roasted pecans

Ingredients

Overnight waffles

125 millilitre (1/2 cup) warm milk

1 1/2 teaspoon active dried yeast

1 egg, lightly beaten

300 gram plain flour

40 gram brown sugar

1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped

1 teaspoon fine sea salt

125 gram softened butter

50 gram pearl sugar (also called hail or nib sugar; available from specialist baking shops and online stockists)

Brown butter pecan ice cream

200 gram cold butter, coarsely chopped

500 millilitre (2 cups) milk

50 gram liquid glucose (glucose syrup)

300 millilitre cream

8 egg yolks

80 gram brown sugar

120 gram pecans, roasted, coarsely chopped

Spiced pears

400 gram caster sugar

1 orange, rind thinly peeled

2 cardamom pods, cracked

1 each star anise and cinnamon quill

4 small ripe pears, cored and halved, stalks left on

To finish

vegetable oil

maple syrup

chopped roasted pecans

Method

Overnight waffles

1.Combine milk and yeast in a mixer fitted with a dough hook, then add egg and a third of the flour, and stir to combine. Scatter in remaining flour(do not stir) and set aside until yeast mixture bubbles through flour (1 hour).

2.Add sugar, vanilla seeds and sea salt to flour mixture and knead until a dough forms (3-5 minutes). Add butter a little at a time, kneading until soft (4-5 minutes). Shape into a ball, place in a buttered bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size (2 hours). Knock back dough, wrap in plastic wrap, weight with a plate and refrigerate overnight.

Brown butter pecan ice cream

3.For ice cream, heat a pan over medium-high heat, add butter and swirl until golden brown and foaming (4-5 minutes). Strain off clarified butter (reserve for another use) and place solids in a bowl.

4.Bring milk, glucose and half the cream to the boil in a saucepan over a medium-high heat.

5.Meanwhile, whisk yolks and sugar in a mixer until pale and fluffy (2-3 minutes), then add butter solids and whisk to combine. Gradually whisk in hot milk mixture, then transfer to a clean saucepan and stir over medium heat until mixture thickly coats the back of a wooden spoon (6-8 minutes).

6.Pour mixture into a bowl over an ice bath and stir occasionally until cold. Whisk in remaining cream, then churn in an ice cream machine. Layer ice cream and pecans alternately into a container and freeze until firm (8 hours or overnight). Makes 1.2 litres.

Spiced pears

7.For spiced pears, stir sugar, rind, spices and 800ml water in a saucepan over medium heat to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to low and simmer for flavours to develop (10 minutes), then add pears, cover with a round of baking paper, weight with a plate and poach until just tender (35-45 minutes). Remove from heat and cool in poaching liquid.

To finish

8.Place pearl sugar in a large bowl, press dough into sugar to coat, then knead to incorporate. Divide dough into 6 pieces, roll into balls and set aside on a tray lined with baking paper until doubled in size (45 minutes to 1 hour).

9.Brush a heated waffle-maker with oil. Flatten dough balls slightly into waffle-maker and cook in batches until golden and cooked (5-6 minutes). Serve hot with brown butter pecan ice cream and spiced pears, drizzled with maple syrup and scattered with chopped roasted pecans.

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Ingredients

Method

Overnight waffles

Brown butter pecan ice cream

Spiced pears

To finish

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