Liège Waffle
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The Liège waffle ("gaufre de Liège") or wåfe, is a specialty of the city of Liège in Belgium, that is based on leavened dough and pearl sugar, which caramelizes while cooking.
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Ingredients
- 4 cups flour , sifted
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- ½ cup water at 97 F / 36°C, warm, or milk
- ½ cup caster sugar
- 3 egg
- 1 cup butter , melted
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (or vanilla extract)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cup pearl sugar
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- rolling pin
- Waffle iron
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the yeast in water (or milk).
- Add half of the flour 2 cups), the eggs, 2 tablespoons of butter and the sugar. Mix until everything is combined.
- Sprinkle with the remaining flour and butter and the cinnamon (or vanilla).
- Let sit for 30 minutes in a warm place away from drafts.
- Using the dough hook, knead everything and add more flour if necessary. The dough should not be sticky.
- Let stand for 15 minutes in a warm place, away from drafts,
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of ½ inch (1 cm) using a rolling pin and sprinkle the whole surface with pearl sugar.
- Roll it on itself.
- Divide the dough into 12 pieces, and let them rest for 15 minutes.
- Bake the waffles in a waffle iron until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
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