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Liege Waffle Recipe

Another waffle from Belgium. These guys really know their waffles. This Liege Waffle Recipe comes from tadaaaa – the city of Liege in Belgium. Again the Liege waffle recipe is almost the same as the ordinary Belgian waffle recipe, just sweeter. Liege waffles are also smaller, so you can hold them in your hands while Brussels waffles are eaten from a plate with a fork and knife. To make Liege waffles you have to add some extra vanilla sugar (What is vanilla sugar? It is vanilla scented sugar. You can even make your own if you put a whole vanilla bean in a jar of white sugar for a week or so.) Liege waffles are a bit denser and also sweeter. A little piece of history before we start cooking, yeah it is always fun to learn new things – Liege waffles were invented in eighteenth century by one of the cooks of Prince-Bishop of Liege. I bet you did not know that, we sure didn't.

Liege Waffle Recipe

For a Liege Waffle recipe we will need:
2 cups flour
1 cup pearl sugar
1 cup melted butter
3 eggs
1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
1/3 cup lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar (add some vanilla sugar)
1/8 teaspoon salt

How to make Liege Waffles in nine easy steps:
1. Take the lukewarm water and mix in yeast, 1 1/2 tablespoon sugar and salt. Let the yeast develop for 15 minutes. In the meanwhile you can melt the butter, but be careful - do not burn it.

2. Now take a large bowl and put in the flour, make a hole in the middle, pour in the yeast that you made in step one. Also add eggs and melted butter and knead until you get nice and even dough. Then let it rest so the yeast does it's magic and the dough doubles.

3. Now take pearl sugar and gently mix it in.

4. Again, let it rest for 15 minutes, in the meanwhile you can turn on the waffle maker so its nice and hot.

5. All there is left is to pour the waffle dough into the waffle maker and bake for 3-5 minutes. Because we mixed in the sugar late in the process it will melt and caramelize and give that special Liege waffle taste. Just be careful when you take them out of the waffle maker, caramelized sugar can make them sticky.

6. Enjoy!!


This is the end of the Liege waffle recipe. Bon appetit!

A few useful tips from our readers:

Hope you can be bothered to read on as I have added a few tips which I found out for myself to be very helpful.
My husband and I have, for years, loved both Brussel's and Liege Waffles, so when he saw a waffle iron for sale he bought it! That then set me on the trail of finding a recipe and came across this site.
I consider myself an accomplished cook and not frightened to give anything a go, though I started with the Brussel's recipe and I have tried the Liege one.
Tips for anyone following either recipe (particularly in the UK):
A cup of flour or sugar is the equivalent to 200g, a cup of butter is 250g or 1 block.
Both recipes state butter in two different terms but both are the same!
You use melted butter in both recipes
Don't be frightened to add a little extra liquid if need be but only a few drops at a time.
The mixture will looks like it came straight out of a scary movie and will seem to have a mind of its own.
If you use a hand whisk you are likely to have the stuff all over the kitchen so either take it slow or better still (and if you have one) use a proper mixer.
I purchased Pearl Sugar/Hail Sugar (Hagel Sucker in German) for the German Deli in London as a previous tipster suggested. Though not exactly pearl sugar it is the closest I could get. Pearl Sugar is made from pure cane sugar and doesn't have the same melting point as normal sugar.
Vanilla sugar was also easy to make (buy a vanilla pod, sugar and an air-tight container) it may sound expensive but I cut the vanilla pod open and added both the contents and the pod to the sugar in the air-tight jar and remember to shake it every few days!)
Alternatively use a little sugar with vanilla essence - 1 dessert spoon or 1/2 a tablespoon of sugar and two teaspoons of vanilla essence or extract.
I should also suggest turning the waffle iron down in temperature to 3 or 4 for the liege waffles as they take a little longer to cook than the brussel's version and you'll have the little sugar pockets in the waffles. On the higher temperature they will melt!
Both recipes worked very well and now I have been given the task of making waffles every weekend!!

 

Another Liege Waffle Recipe

Another Liege waffle recipe was recently sent to us from one of our readers. It's a recipe that has passed from generation to generation and you can find it here - Great grandmothers Liege waffle recipe. Thanks for sending the recipe and we hope you all enjoy it.

04.10.2007. 07:45

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