Category: Aged Cheddar

• FOR THE WAFFLES
  • Preheat a waffle iron.
  • Add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
  • Add buttermilk, eggs, vanilla extract and melted butter. Stir until well combined.
  • Cook in a preheated waffle maker.
• FOR THE CHEESE SAUCE
  • Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; remove from heat. Stir in flour, salt, dijon and pepper.
  • Put the saucepan back on the heat and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  • Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring, for 5 minutes.
  • Add cheese and cook, stirring, until the cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth and well blended.

FOR THE TOPPINGS:

• STICKY MAPLE BACON AND PEANUT 
  • Preheat oven to 350˚F
  • Line a baking tray with non-stick parchment, lay bacon strips on top and then brush with maple syrup. Bake in oven for 25-30 mins or until crisp, remove and allow to cool thoroughly.
  • Add cooled bacon to the bowl of a food processor and blitz until a find crumb, remove and place in a mixing bowl.
  • Mix in chopped/nib peanuts along with parsley and stir to combine.
  • Cut waffles into triangles, insert a popsicle stick or wooden skewer, dip in cheese sauce and then in bacon/peanut topping.
• SAUSAGE AND FENNEL
  • Preheat oven to 350˚F
  • Line a baking tray with non-stick parchment, lay sausages and garlic cloves out and bake for 35-40 mins or until golden and cooked through. Turning a few times throughout cooking. Allow to cool fully.
  • While sausages are cooking, heat a small non-stick pan over low-medium heat, add the fennel seeds and toast, moving pan constantly to avoid burning, until aromas are released and seeds lightly toasted. Add to a mortar and grind to a fine powder.
  • Add cooled sausages to the bowl of a food processor and blitz until a find crumb, add fennel power and cooked garlic pulp. Combine well.
  • Cut waffles into triangles, insert a popsicle stick or wooden skewer, dip in cheese sauce and then in sausage topping.