The other Belgium Waffle
Jim and Darlene Rossi surround by their children and grand children
Jim Rossi is
an
Assemblies of God Missionary to Europe.
Jim and Darlene
lived in Waterloo, Belgium not too far from the area where Napoleon was
defeated at the
Battle of Waterloo in 1815 while they were on staff at Continental
Theological Seminary.
Jim says, now "our
assignment is to
The Netherlands where we are coordinating the development of a Bachelor
of Theology
program in
Pentecostal Studies at Azusa
Theological Seminary (ATS) on the campus of
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam that
will be taught in English. This is an opportunity to train men and women
for ministry from The Netherlands as well as from many other countries."
The full time program begins in the fall of
2006.
Jim and Dar ask for your
continued prayers.
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La Gaufre
de
Liège
This is a type of waffle from the city of Liège, Belgium.
The waffle should be eaten warm.
The Perlé sugar gives
the waffle a
sweet and crunchy taste.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups. - Flour
1 tablespoon - Dry Yeast
1 teaspoon - Salt
1/2 teaspoon - Cinnamon
2 each - Eggs
3/4 cup - Milk
1 teaspoon - Vanilla
1 3/4 sticks (7 ounces or 200 grams) - Butter
1 cup - Perlé sugar1
Preparation
Mix the flour, dry yeast, salt and cinnamon together in
a bowl.
 
Add the eggs, milk and vanilla
Knead all these ingredients together well until they
look like pizza dough. Let it rest for about 30 minutes.
In a separate bowl mix the butter (cut in small pieces)
and the Perlé sugar.
Add this mixture to the dough and mix thoroughly until
the sugar and butter are totally integrated with the dough. Let it rest for
another 15 minutes.
Bake on a hot waffle maker – about 2-3 minutes. DO NOT
ADD GREASE OR PAM
The number of waffles from this recipe depends on the
size. You could get from 10 to 30.
ENJOY!!
1 Perlé sugar (sucre perlé) is very
difficult to find in the USA. It is a very hard sugar that melts in
the high heat of the waffle iron. It is also called Nibs Sugar. It can be
obtained from some European food stores. Unfortunately this is the one ingredient that makes this waffle unique.
If you can't find it,
email us
and we will help you find it.
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Interesting Facts!
Different kinds of waffles
The most famous are the following: the thick waffles (The Liege’s waffles) ,
the thin waffles (The Brussels’s waffles), the soft waffles, the waffles
made of puff pastry, the hunting waffles, the seasonal filled waffles with
fresh fruits (cherries, prunes, apples, blueberries, apricots), ...
The waffle is a Belgian culinary specialty. Each part of the country has its
own recipe, even if the main ingredients (flour, milk, sugar and eggs) are
the same. The recipes are handed over from one generation to the following
one.
The Liege’s waffles = SWEET SUGAR SNACKS with smelted pearl sugar
caramelized which can be eaten lukewarm all the day long, without or with
toppings … They are smaller, sweeter and heavier (more filling) than the
Brussels’s waffles. You might also find cold Liege’s waffles wrapped in
plastic foil in shops, big chain stores, general stores … They are not as
tasty as the warm Liege’s waffles.
The Brussels’s waffles are big, rectangular (circular in the US) and very
light. They are always eaten warm with toppings. They are the famous Belgian
waffles imported in the USA in the sixties. The name of Belgian waffles is
probably coming from Americans who had eaten Brussels’s waffles in the
capital of Europe.
Source:
gourmetfood
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