Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A Waffle is a ....

A Waffle is a batter based or dough based cake cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of iron and recipe used, with over a dozen regional varieties in Belgium alone.
Waffles are eaten throughout the world, particularly in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and the United States.
The Waffles continue to evolve. What began as flour and water heated between two iron plates are now popular the world over.
Varieties of waffles are the ' Brussels waffles' which are prepared with an egg-white-leavened or yeast-leavened batter, occasionally both types of leavening are used together to get are lighter, crisper
waffles. The Liege waffle is a richer, denser, sweeter, and chewier waffle n native to Eastern Belgium.
Flemish waffles, or Gaufres a la Flamande, are a specialty of northern France. For these flour is mixed in a bowl with salt and brewer's yeast barm. Moistened completely with warm milk. Then again whisked with eggs and added to the mixture is fresh butter, and let the batter is allowed to rise.
American waffles are often made from a batter leavened with baking powder and may be round, square, or rectangular in shape. They are usually served as

a sweet breakfast food, topped with butter and maple syrup, bacon, and other fruit syrups, honey, or powdered sugar.
Hong Kong style waffle is a waffle usually made and sold by street hawkers and eaten warm on the street.
Stroopwafels are thin waffles with a syrup filling. These are made
from a stiff batter for the waffles is made from flour, butter, brown sugar, yeast, milk, and eggs. Medium-sized balls of batter are put on the waffle iron. When the waffle is baked and while it is still warm, it is cut into two halves. 

The warm filling, made from syrup, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon, is spread in between the waffle halves, which glues them together.
They are popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Potato waffles are a potato-based savory food in a waffle-like lattice shape. They are common in the UK and Ireland and are also available in some other countries.
They are made of potato, oil, and seasonings.

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