Gaufre

One of the first things I did when we got home, was look for a "real" Belgian waffle recipe. (I'll never be able order waffles from IHOP again!) The lady that posted this one had to translate it from Flemish, so I'm hoping this is a good one!

Authentic Belgian Waffles

Ingredients:

4 eggs, separated
1 cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

4 cups all-purpose flour, plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup butter, melted,plus 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1-Separate the 4 eggs, adding the yolks to the sugar and setting the whites aside for later use.

2-Add the flour and butter to the yolk and sugar mixture, first by stirring and then by working the mixture into a uniform dough with your hands.

3-Beat the egg whites until they are fluffy: when you lift the beater from the whites, soft peaks should form and then fall back, not holding much shape.

4-Crumble the dough and drop the pieces into the egg whites.

5-Stir by mashing the pieces of dough into the whites with a spoon, then stirring until a uniform consistency is achieved.

6-Heat up a waffle iron.

7-When it is hot (but not too hot), drop the batter onto the iron in the desired serving size.

Yields 12 waffles roughly 4-5 inches in diameter from this recipe.

No better way to spend our time sight-seeing in Belgium than with a Gaufre in hand!