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Ingredients
Waffle Hearts
- Ingredients
- 11 ozs Raspberries (frozen)
- 2 ozs honey
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup
- 4 ozs Whole wheat flour
- ½ tsp Baking powder
- 2 sheets, white gelatin
- 9 ozs Ricotta cheese
- 3 Tbsps powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp Canola oil
- 1 oz wafer-thin Chocolate (12 pieces)
Thaw raspberries for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile beat honey and eggs in a bowl with whisk attachment of hand mixer until creamy.
Stir in milk. Combine flour and baking powder, add to egg mixture in 2 additions and stir briefly. Set batter aside.
Soak gelatin in a bowl of cold water. Use an electric mixer to beat ricotta and powdered sugar in a bowl until creamy.
With the bottom of a small ladle push thawed raspberries through a fine sieve or puree in a blender.
Put dripping wet gelatin in a small pot, add raspberry puree and dissolve over medium heat. Gently fold into ricotta mixture and chill for 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
Lightly grease a round waffle iron with vegetable oil and bake 4 waffles in succession; each should take 2-3 minutes depending on the iron. Cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
Carefully cut or break waffles into 5 hearts, place on a serving plate and spread with raspberry ricotta cream.
Break chocolate into pieces, sprinkle over the ricotta cream and serve.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 82 cal. | (4 %) | ||
| Protein | 3 g | (3 %) | ||
| Fat | 4 g | (3 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 8 g | (5 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 4 g | (16 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2 g | (7 %) |
Healthy, because
This dessert is low in fat, calories and sugar, but is a good source of fiber from thewhole wheat flour and raspberries.
Even smarter
Ricotta is available in different fat levels - if possible, choose a variety with low-fat content.