In spite of having a good recipe for waffles that always works, I tried a different one yesterday, one with fresh yeast and sparkling mineral water.  Initially I wasn’t blown away, but Florian loved them , said they were lovely and light and that he preferred them to the other ones. There is only 1 tbsp of sugar in this recipe, I did not serve the waffles with whipped cream, as they made our lunch, but I think they will work, when we have them with everything we like. This time it was just berries and maple syrup.

About 180 ml of sparkling water, 210 ml warm milk ( some poured away to prepare the yeast, 6 g, later added back). Some vanilla extract, 2 egg yolks, 1 tbsp of sugar, a sprinkle of salt.  All this made a nice batter, to which I added 270 g of plain flour and 90 of melted butter. While all this sat and proved for about 15 minutes, I whipped the egg whites and added in, then again about 20 minutes resting. And into the waffle maker, as usual. Good waffles, worth the effort.