Hong Kong wafers are often called egg wafers because of their pimpled appearance. This is not an ordinary treat. It combines great tastes and unusual designs. Since the dessert is relatively new and appeared recently, finding good recipes is quite difficult. But they are here!
Hong Kong Waffles - General Cooking Principles
To bake a Hong Kong dessert, you need a special electric waffle iron with curly surfaces. The holes are balls. They can be left empty, but different fillings are often used. Of course, they are very small, usually pieces, but give an original taste.
What the dough is made of:
Eggs
· Flour, cultivators, dry mixes for baking or creams;
Sugar
· Fresh or condensed milk;
· Little vegetable or creamy.
Beat the dough is not necessary. You can knead it with a regular whisk, but a mixer will help speed up the process. The cooked mass is always allowed to stand for a while, this improves the quality of the baked wafers. In general, the dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two days. It is very convenient and allows you to cook a treat at any time, to please the household.
The filling for Hong Kong waffles is the most interesting! The bubble-wrap cake is curled up to make a horn. Inside, apply cream, berries, whipped cream, pieces of fruit, pour chocolate, caramel. You can still sprinkle all this with nuts, coconut flakes, colored sweets. A win-win is a treat with ice cream. Original flavors with mascarpone creams. What will we cook with?
Classic Hong Kong Waffles with Empty Balls (Dough Recipe)
It is these Hong Kong waffles that are used for twisting the pockets and subsequent filling. Balls are obtained without filling. Below is a recipe with the addition of filling in each ball, the baking technology will be different.
Ingredients
· 160 grams of flour;
· 7 grams of cultivator;
· 1 spoon of dry custard or powder for making pudding;
· two eggs;
140 grams of sugar;
140 ml of water (boiled warm);
· 28 grams of oil;
· 28 grams of condensed milk or concentrated milk without sugar;
Vanilla
Cooking
1. Combine immediately the dry ingredients in a sieve: flour, baking powder, it is 7.5 grams in a classic recipe, add a dry mixture for custard or pudding. Although, they often cook without it, only increasing the amount of flour. Sift everything so that no lumps appear.
2. Shake the eggs and sugar with a whisk or an ordinary spatula to knead the dough so that the grains dissolve. Add milk and water. It should be warm, but not hot.
3. Combine the bulk wafer mixture with the liquid mixture. Stir until the dough becomes homogeneous.
4. Add vanilla. It is better to take a liquid extract, three drops are enough. At the end, pour in the vegetable oil and mix again.
5. Cover the bowl. You can pull the cling film. We put it in the refrigerator for an hour. In the process, gluten swells, the taste improves.
6. Lubricate the heated waffle iron, pour the dough, cover and bake until cooked.
Hong Kong Waffles with Ball Filling
Prepare the dough according to the previous recipe, it is basic, suitable for all fillings and fillings. Inside the balls we will lay fruit and chocolate.
Ingredients
Dough for waffles;
Chocolate
Banana, kiwi.
Cooking
1. Immediately knead the dough for waffles, send to stand in the refrigerator.
2. Cooking the filling. Cut the chocolate into small cubes. We try not to crumble, we make the same size as much as possible. Each piece should fit inside the ball, taking into account the addition of dough.
3. Cooking fruits. But you can make waffles only with chocolate or only with fruits. We clean, cut into small cubes too. At will, it will be possible to put two kinds in each ball. In this case, make the pieces even smaller.
4. Warm up the waffle iron. Wet the brush in vegetable oil, lubricate well.
5. We draw a little dough with a spoon and quickly water the form, apply to each ball quite a bit, only to cover the surface.
6. Throw pieces of fruit and chocolate. Well, or just one thing.
7. Pour dough on top to hide the filling, the juice did not come out, nothing burned.
8. Close the waffle iron. Bring the filled balls to readiness and a ruddy color.
Hong Kong Starch Waffle Dough
Another recipe for dough for waffles, it is suitable for all types of baking with empty and filled balls.
Ingredients
· 40 g of wheat flour;
7.5 g of ripper;
· 28 grams of starch;
100 grams of white sugar
· 30 grams of condensed milk;
· 1 tbsp. l custard powder;
· 2 drops of coconut extract;
· 140 grams of water;
28 ml of oil;
· Salt.
Cooking
1. Pour all the dry ingredients into a dry bowl. If there is no corn starch, then use potato. Stir well, then sift.
2. In another bowl, break the eggs, pour water, add all other liquid ingredients, except oil. Stir until a homogeneous liquid without grains.
3. Combine everything in one bowl.
4. Put coconut extract, add vegetable oil, mix.
5. Let us brew for an hour in a cool place.
6. Preheat the waffle iron, bake bubble cakes on a greased appliance. Fill with any fillings.
Hong Kong waffles with whipped cream and strawberries (banana)
In fact, such waffles can be prepared not only with strawberries or bananas, but also with peaches, but pineapples, raspberries and other delicate berries or fruits.
Ingredients
· 3 pimply waffles;
150 ml cream;
50 g of powdered sugar;
150 g of strawberries or banana;
· Some coconut or chocolate chips;
· 2 drops of vanilla extract.
Cooking
1. Cool the cream, then pour into a bowl, begin to whip. As soon as they increase in size by 1.5 times, add the powdered sugar. We make the speed less so as not to dust.
2. Continue to beat until the mass becomes thick, uniform patterns begin to move away from the corollas. Dripping vanilla, stir, turn off.
3. Rinse. We dry strawberries or cut peeled banana into pieces. If the berries are large, then they also need to be cut.
4. We bake the waffles, twist the little bags, put a little cream in a corner, then berries, again cream and berries. Or lay out the pieces between the balls, then cover with a layer of cream, turn off.
5. Sprinkle the finished dessert with coconut or chocolate chips.
Hong Kong ice cream and chocolate waffles
Another delicious filling option for Hong Kong ice cream and chocolate wafers. We take cream or any other favorite ice cream, hold it a bit in the refrigerator so that it becomes a little softer, but does not melt. The number of products per wafer.
Ingredients
100 g of ice cream;
40 g of chocolate;
Mint leaf
· 1 bubbly fresh waffle.
Cooking
1. Grate chocolate coarsely or chop into small pieces with a knife.
2. Add half to ice cream, stir quickly. If you can’t knead all the frozen areas, then that's okay.
3. Put the filling in a rolled corner of a fresh waffle.
4. Top with the remaining chocolate.
5. Put in a corner a piece of mint, eat immediately.
Hong Kong Mascarpone Waffles
Chic cream for Hong Kong waffles. Additionally, you can add fruits, pieces of chocolate, caramel, berries, choose to your taste.
Ingredients
200 g of cream 33%;
4-5 tablespoons of powder;
200 g of mascarpone;
Vanilla, waffles, fruits or berries.
Cooking
1. Beat cream to steep peaks, add small powdered sugar in small portions. We add its quantity at our discretion, but not less than four spoons. Beat another minute together. Set aside.
2. Knead the mascarpone with vanilla. We give the cheese uniformity, the mass will become softer.
3. Combine the mascarpone with cream.
4. Fill the waffles with cream, layered with berries and fruits, if desired.
Hong Kong creme brulee waffles
A variant of a very tender filling with a taste of creme brulee, which is great for filling waffles. If desired, it can be prepared without pieces of chocolate.
Ingredients
A glass of fat cream;
· 100 grams of boiled condensed milk;
25 grams of chocolate
1 tsp rum;
Waffles
Cooking
1. As usual, whip the chilled cream into a steep foam.
2. Boiled condensed milk comes in different consistencies. In any case, before adding to cream. The product needs to be mashed. Very thick condensed milk can be diluted with liquid cream or milk.
3. Combine with cream. Gently stir the air cream until smooth, add rum.
4. Cut the chocolate into small pieces. Add to the mass. You can use coconut or caramel slices, it will also turn out delicious.
5. Fill the baked waffles with a fragrant cream. Decorate to your liking, you can add a few slices of ripe banana.
Hong Kong Waffles - Tips & Tricks
· If you want to get crispy Hong Kong waffles, you can separate the squirrels from the yolks and beat with half the sugar in a steaming foam, then mix into the finished dough.
· Dough in balls not baking? Perhaps it turned out to be too liquid, it is affected by the density of condensed milk and the size of the eggs. Also, the reason may be hiding in too high a temperature and short cooking time. On average, one waffle should take about 2.5-3 minutes.
· If it is not possible to purchase a waffle maker for Hong Kong waffles with balls, then you can search for a device for Belgian waffles.
· Hong Kong waffles can be cooked with salt filling in balls. Different types of cheese, ham or just minced meat are usually used. Naturally, the dough should not be sweet and you need to adjust the baking time.
