Avocado and Crab Pan Waffles

By OcadoLife
For a fast and fabulous brunch, try Avocado and Crab Pan Waffles. Food writer Silvana Franco makes these in a griddle pan, so you don’t need a waffle iron. If your avocados are a little on the hard side, pop them in a…
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Ingredients

17 total
  • 2 extra-large avocados
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 0.5 tbsp of olive oil
  • 4 salad onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp of chilli flakes
  • 100 g of fresh crab meat (we used a mix of brown and white)
  • 2 tbsp of white wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp of caster sugar
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 0.5 a small cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp of dill, chopped
  • 225 g of self-raising flour
  • 0.5 tsp of baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • 300 ml of semi-skimmed milk
  • 50 g of butter, melted, plus 1 knob
  • 50 g of mixed radishes, thinly sliced

Method

6 steps
  1. Step 1

    For the pickle, combine the vinegar, 1 tsp sugar and ½ tsp salt. Mix in the radishes and cucumber; set aside.

  2. Step 2

    For the waffles, stir the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl; make a well in the centre. In a jug, beat the eggs, milk and butter; stir into the well until smooth.

  3. Step 3

    Wipe a 26cm non-stick griddle pan with the knob of butter using kitchen towel or a pastry brush. Put on a medium heat; pour in the batter. Cook for 6-8 mins until golden, then flip over and cook for 3-4 mins.

  4. Step 4

    Mash the avocados until smooth. Stir in the lime juice, olive oil, spring onion, chilli flakes and crab; season.

  5. Step 5

    Drain the pickle; stir in the herbs.

  6. Step 6

    Cut the waffle into triangles. Top with the avocado and pickle to serve.