Boulets Liegeois (Belgian Meatballs)
Belgian meatballs swimming in an apple and onion gravy. In Belgium they are served with French fries! If this is wrong, I don’t want to be right! From Cooking With Curls website
Paupiettes De Porc – French Stuffed Pork Fillet Parcels
A wonderful and very elegant dinner party dish, and one that will impress your family and friends! These little parcels can be made ahead of time and frozen uncooked. In France you can buy these ready made in most supermarkets and butchers – but these are so easy to make, that I often make my own. You can also use turkey or veal escalopes – the sauce remains the same. Serve these little parcels with seasonal vegetables, gratin potatoes or rice and pasta.
Brussels Sprouts in Sour Cream (Belgium)
This recipe was found on www.recipes.wuzzle.org & is placed here in preparation for the ZWT6. Although the sprouts in the original recipe were probably cooked in a frying pan, I would steam mine.
Belgian Endive Wrapped in Ham with Cheese / Lof met Ham en Kaas
Belgian endive or chicory is not a vegetable that will be liked by everybody. It being slightly bitter puts it in the category for an acquired taste. The recipe is based on 2 pieces per serving, so if you buy the endive heads and they are large or thick and you will halve them buy less heads. You can also make a bechamel sauce to which you add cheese and nutmeg, pour that over the ham wrapped endive, add more cheese on the top and bake. Bread crumbs can be mixed in the cheese for the topping. In Holland we usually serve this with mashed potatoes.
Carbonade Flamande – Flemish Beef and Beer Stew/Casserole
Slow cooked beef with garlic, onions and bacon in Belgian beer – served with Dijon mustard croutons…….absolute bliss! I have eaten this many times on visits to Belgium and it remains a firm favourite, especially when eaten with piles of fluffy mashed potatoes and a glass of fine Belgian beer! This recipe serves two hungry people, but it can be increased to serve a crowd, and works beautifully in the crockpot too. (The recipe is courtesy of Cecile Loubaud and the Batham’s Brewery.) NB: Traditionally, the meat should be grilled on a barbecue – hence the name! The word comes from the Italian carbonate (charcoal-grilled).
