Recipe – Liège Waffles with Beer
Recipe — Liege Waffles (with beer)
The official La Belle et Le Belge recipe, beer version: same technique, even more delicious taste.
Steps
1 Prepare the ingredients and utensils
Ingredients to add to the dry mix:
- 1 egg (brown or white, it doesn't matter)
- 100 ml of beer. ≈ 6 tbsp + 2 tsp warm or room temperature.
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25 ml of 3.25% warm milk (not hot, just warm)
1 tbsp + 2 tsp - 125 g of room temperature unsalted butter (taken out 30 min before)
Utensils:
- 1 butter knife
- 1 bowl (or stand mixer / work surface)
- 2 tablespoons
- 1 scale to weigh the butter
- 1 wooden spoon
The bag includes: 1 dry mix + 1 bag of pearl sugar (for step 4).
2 Mix the dough
Pour the dry mix with the beer and egg. Add the milk only after mixing a little. (To prevent the milk from curdling) Mix gently (wooden spoon handle / hand / stand mixer on low speed).
When it's incorporated, add the butter in small pieces. Knead for about 5 minutes until the dough is homogeneous. If the dough is too liquid, add a little flour.
3 Let it rest
Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
4 Add the pearl sugar
Incorporate the pearl sugar (from the sachet) either by hand, with a wooden spoon, or in the stand mixer on low speed. Divide into portions of ± 100 g (depending on your waffle maker). Place the dough balls on parchment paper.
5 Second rest
Let it rise for 1 hour (covered). Ideal: 24–27°C (otherwise it just rises a little slower).
If it's for tomorrow morning: this is where you stop until the next day, you let the dough rise all night covered with parchment paper, for example.
6 Cook
Heat the waffle maker, cook until golden/caramelized. Cooking time varies depending on your waffle maker: often ~between 5 and 6 minutes. If you have a temperature setting, use medium temperature.
Enjoy your meal!
Summary
To add:
- 1 egg
- 100 ml beer + 25 ml 3.25% milk (warm) (to be added separately in this order).
- 125 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
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