{"id":9919,"date":"2012-10-15T07:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T14:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=9919"},"modified":"2018-07-19T10:05:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T17:05:13","slug":"good-morning-blue-bottles-liege-waffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/good-morning-blue-bottles-liege-waffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bottle Liege Waffles at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Waffles don\u2019t show up too often here, despite the blog being called DailyWaffle. Around our house, they get inhaled before they can be captured with anything other than iPhone.\u00a0 So this is big, and if we\u2019re going big, we\u2019re not bringing your average Sunday morning waffles. These are Blue Bottle liege waffles \u2013 the ones served at the SF Ferry Building. But as we found out last weekend, their waffle iron has been on the fritz, so there were no waffles to be had.\u00a0I had to take matters into my own hands, and luckily, the recipe is now available in the just published, \u201cBlue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

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A fairly extensive preview of the book<\/a>, including the Liege Waffle recipe, is available on Scribd.\u00a0 Scroll down to page 154.<\/p>\n

That I love Blue Bottle’s coffee<\/a> is well-documented. \u00a0But what\u2019s the big deal about these waffles? They\u2019re to the max (like, totally!) in every dimension \u2013 extra flavor, extra crunch, extra easy to eat on-the-go. We\u2019re talking yeast waffles with pearl sugar, five eggs for six waffle squares, a stick of butter, and a little extra sugar for carmelization.\u00a0 Needless to say, no syrup needed here.<\/p>\n

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When you get a recipe like this, it\u2019s easy to want to cut corners and make changes based on what you\u2019ve got in the pantry, but it\u2019s worth it to make sure you\u2019ve got a vanilla bean versus just extract, though they say you can substitute it.\u00a0 The pearl sugar, I picked up at Whole Foods, is a must for a liege waffle.\u00a0 I will admit, I did use whole wheat pastry flour in place of the regular the recipe calls for, but that\u2019s it. It was by the book for the rest.<\/p>\n

And the truth of it is, yes, you do need to make the batter ahead since the yeast needs time to work its mojo, but all that means is, you mix it up the night before and waffles-are-for weekends-only no more!\u00a0 Pour the batter into your waffle iron and 4-5 minutes later you can slip that waffle into a coffee filter as they do at Blue Bottle, and eat it on the way to work. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s almost too easy\u2026.dangerously easy.<\/p>\n

As for what coffee to have with these waffles? Blue Bottle\u2019s Roman Espresso remains my favorite. \u00a0If you’re interested in meeting authors James and Caitlin Freeman in person, they’re are on tour promoting the book with three dates this week in NYC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, on a blog related noted, I gave in and started a Facebook page for DailyWaffle<\/a>. Head on over and give us a like, if you like.<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t

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