World Food Tour: Belgium!

This weeks world tour of food takes us to Belgium! I knew one thing immediately I wanted to make- Liege Waffles! The rest we had to do some research on and everything turns out delicious. The main dish was a chowder called waterzooi – a rich stew with chunks of carrots, leeks and chicken. The bread was pistolet – a kind of European crusty bread. The side dish was mashed potatoes and carrots with bacon called stoemp. I rounded out the meal with an imported Belgian Dopple beer that paired with the food quite well. For dessert I fired up the waffle iron and cooked up some delicious liege waffles – chunks of pearl sugar forming a crispy crust on the outside with warm pockets of liquid goodness on the inside.