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Gaufre de Liège

Name: Gaufre de Liège
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Belgium
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 100ml Milk; 2 Egg; 150g Butter; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Vanilla Extract; 120g Pearl Sugar (or coarse sugar)

Dessert

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Yeasted dough mixed with pearl sugar and baked until caramelized and crisp — Belgium's favorite street waffle.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Belgian waffles come in two main styles, Brussels and Liège; the Liège waffle is made from a yeasted, brioche-like dough mixed with large pearl sugar. As it bakes, the sugar melts into caramel, leaving it crisp outside and chewy inside. The authentic way is to eat it plain, held in your hand.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a waffle stand on a Liège street corner, a sweet, toasty smell drifts out as people eat fresh waffles wrapped in paper while they walk.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 300g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Milk 100ml
Egg 2
Butter 150g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Extract A pinch
Pearl Sugar (or coarse sugar) 120g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm milk, add the bread flour, egg, salt, and vanilla, and knead.
Gradually add the room-temperature butter and knead until smooth.
Let rise in a warm place for 1½ hours.
Mix in the pearl sugar, divide into 8 balls, and rest 15 minutes.
Bake in a hot waffle iron for 3–4 minutes until caramel-colored.
Let cool slightly and eat by hand.

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