Liège waffles


Liège waffles
Liège waffles have a very distinctive texture: quite dense with the crunch of sugar crystals. They also have a characteristic form: round and fairly small. Then there's that special flavour that comes with the delicious light caramel crust.
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Last modified on: July 12th 2011

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For 12 waffles, you will need:

Change these quantities to make: 4 waffles 6 waffles 12 waffles 24 waffles 36 waffles
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Time required for this recipe:
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22 min.1 hour 30 min.3 min.1 hour 55 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 1 min.
Liège waffles
Prepare 125 ml milk.

Stage 2 - 15 min.
Liège waffles
Put into a food processor bowl: 250 g flour, 1 egg, 10 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 125 g butter, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon Bicarbonate of (baking) soda and 20 g yeast.

Stage 3 - 1 hour 30 min.
Liège waffles
Knead on slow speed and slowly pour in the milk.

Once evenly mixed, continue kneading on slow speed for a further 5 minutes.

Cover the bowl and leave to rest in a warm place for about 1 hour 30 minutes.plastic sheet

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Liège waffles
Heat the waffle iron.

Pour 150 g Pearl sugar onto the batter and mix well (you can do this with the food processor for 30 seconds).

Note: the sugar crystals are added at the last minute so that they don't dissolve. They add a little crunch to the inside of the waffle.

Stage 5 - 1 min.
Liège waffles
Make the waffles: pour a large spoonful of batter into each half of the lightly-oiled waffle iron and cook...

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Liège waffles
... until the waffles are golden brown.
Remarks
To bring out the caramel flavour, you can dust the batter with a little caster sugar just before closing the waffle iron.

If you don't have sugar crystals, you can use granulated sugar or crushed sugar lumps (use a hammer).

As always with regional recipes I wish to stress an important point: this should not be taken as "the" Liège waffle recipe, but just one among many.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in a closed metal box.
Source
From the Internet, but dedicated to my son Nicolas, recently installed in Brussels.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,689 Kcal or 11,258 Kj43 gr367 gr120 gr
134 %17 %35 %18 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
361 Kcal or 1,511 Kj6 gr49 gr16 gr
18 %2 %5 %2 %
Per waffles
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
224 Kcal or 938 Kj4 gr31 gr10 gr
11 %1 %3 %2 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 12 waffles : 2.69 €
  • Per waffles : 0.22 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Plum and hazelnut crumble, Panettone, Spring veal sauté , Oat shortbread biscuits, Old style brioche, ... All
Pearl sugarPearl sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Benoîton, St Tropez tart, Chouquettes, Cramique, Grapefruit moelleux, ... All
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Buckwheat almond biscuits, Tomato tatin, Oaty walnut cake , Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, Brownies, ... All
MilkMilk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mustard baps, How to heat milk without it catching on the bottom of the pan, Pesto crackers, Chocolate tart, Chocolate eclairs, ... All
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