Savory Sour Cream And Chive Waffles With Sausage And Lingonberry

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lb ground lamb or 1 lb ground chicken or 1 lb ground turkey breast
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 2 teaspoons paprika or 2 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika
• 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon grill seasoning, preferred brand montreal steak seasoning
• 1 cup lingonberry preserves
• 2 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 dash water
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 -2 pinch salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 -4 tablespoons chopped chives
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 large free-range eggs
• 4 tablespoons melted butter, divided

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a large skillet. mix the ground meat with fennel, paprika, parsley and grill seasoning. form 8 small 2 to 3-inch patties and add to the hot skillet, cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side. keep warm.
• 2 preheat a waffle iron.
• 3 warm preserves with cloves, cinnamon, lemon juice and water over low heat. remove the cloves and cinnamon stick.
• 4 mix the dry ingredients and chives in a mixing bowl and make a well in the middle. mix the milk, sour cream, eggs and half the melted butter together then pour into the well. beat the wet into the dry with a few shift turns but do not over mix the batter. brush the waffle iron with a little of the remaining butter and cook waffles, keeping then warm and crisp in a low oven. the batter should fill a 4 section iron 3 times, making 12 waffles, 3 per portion. serve 3 waffles and 2 patties with lingonberry syrup drizzled over top.