Waffles with a Curd Batter and Cherries

These are light and fluffy waffles.

I found the recipe with curd at a Thermomix recipe site especially for the TM31. I wanted a meat free day and something sweet. The round waffle iron was still sitting on the table after the savoury potato waffles from last week. The moment I store it back down in the basement, doing waffles would go on a backburner.

Only the jar of sour cherries had to be bought today. All other ingredients were at home already.
I started with thickening the cherry juice for the compote. Just some potato starch with a little water. I omitted any kind of Kirsch or other alcohol from the compote. Enough alcohol over the last week.

It is important to prepare the waffle batter ahead of time. It needs an hour minimum to rest. You can even prepare it in the evening and store it in a Tupperware container until you need it.

Germans love their curd. A thick sour milk product. When you do not have this kind in your country, there are ways to make curd yourself. When you know a farmer that can sell you raw milk, use 1 liter and the juice of 2 lemons and after passing that through a coffee filter and filter paper you get about 0,8 l whey and 200 g of curd. After a bit more then 30 min waiting time.
But a thick high fat content Greek yogurt which rested hanging from a nail in a cloth to drip, will do too.

Ingredients for 8 waffles:
100 g butter
70 g sugar
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
175 g flour
250 g curd
2 tsp baking powder
100 g milk
25 g carbonated water

Put the butterfly paddle in the TM31
Get the 5 upper ingredients in.
On speed 4 for 5 min beating.

Take out the butterfly paddle.
The rest of the ingredients in.
Stir on speed 5 for 2 min.

Now rest the batter for 1 hour.

Bake them in your waffle iron as long as they need to get a good color.

Drain the cherry juice in a pot. Mix potato starch with water. Bring the juice to a boil and stir in the starch. Cook on medium for 3 min.
Add the cherries and cool down.