Recipes From A Belgian Kitchen

"Explores Belgian food and cooking, with fascinating insight into its culinary customs, delicious recipes, and over 300 beautiful photographs... Includes wide selection of dishes from soups, appetizers and vegetale side dishes to fish, meat and poultry, as well as desserts and bakes"-- Back cover.

Embark on a culinary journey through the heart of Belgium with this captivating cookbook that reinvents classic Belgian recipes for the modern palate. Bringing Belgian flair to your kitchen, this cookbook transforms traditional recipes into modern masterpieces. With a focus on freshness and seasonal ingredients, each dish is a symphony of flavors, textures, and aromas that will captivate your taste buds. Whether you're a lover of Belgian classics or a curious food adventurer, The Belgian Kitchen is your passport to a world of delectable delights. Transport yourself to the heart of Belgium with every page, and let the aroma of Belgian waffles, hearty stews, spiced speculoos and more enchant your kitchen.

Contains 250 recipes that reflect the cooking traditions of Belgium, covering the categories of appetizers, salads, and small plates; soups; fish and shellfish; poultry and game; meat; cooking with beer; vegetable and fruit side dishes; potatoes; waffles, pancakes, and breads; and desserts.

Recipes and Stories from a Food-loving Nation Having talked to chefs and farmers, historians and curators up and down Belgium, Anna Jenkinson and Neil Evans have put together a book of recipes and stories that explain Belgium's love affair with food. They travelled from the North Sea coast in the West to the Ardennes forest in the East and learned the secret to making Belgian chips, when the first chocolate praline was made, and how the Spanish, French and Germans have all influenced Belgian cuisine over the centuries. Illustrated with beautiful photographs by Diane Hendrikx this is a book that could live in the kitchen or on your coffee table. AUTHORS: Anna Jenkinson and Neil Evans are two Brits who have spent a large part of their lives in Belgium. Neil is passionate about cooking. Having grown up in Belgium, his first culinary experiments were with traditional Belgian dishes. Over the years he has bought and inherited a sizeable collection of Belgian cookbooks dating back more than a hundred years. Anna is an Oxford University graduate with more than fifteen years journalism experience. Her writings about life in Belgium have been published in international and local newspapers. SELLING POINTS: * A cookbook with a difference: not only will you find lots of mouth-watering recipes for traditional Belgian dishes, you will also read fascinating anecdotes about Belgium's cuisine. * New edtion of Luster's classic cookbook on Belgian cuisine. 150 colour illustrations

The Belgian Cookbook is a collection of classic recipes originating from Belgium. Excerpt: "BELGIAN PURÉE Cook two pounds of Brussels sprouts in boiling water. Take them out, drain them and toss them in butter for five minutes, sprinkle them with a teaspoonful of flour, and then cook them in gravy (or meat extract and water), fast boiling, over a good fire, and keep the lid of the saucepan off so that they may remain green. Pass them through the sieve, leave them in ten minutes, bind the mixture with the yolks of three eggs, a pint of milk; then at the last minute one dessert-spoonful of butter for each pint and a half of soup."

The recipes in this book evoke the tastes and textures of traditional Belgian cooking. All the classics are here, including cream of endive soup, Flemish-style asparagus, bef stew with beer, Belgian frites and chocolate mousse. The recipes come with cook's tips, variations and nutritional information.

Why does Belgium have so much variety in their dishes? Would you enjoy a culinary journey to Belgium, to learn about their foods? Can you make faithful reproductions of Belgian dishes at home? Belgian cuisine is so widely varied because they have differences by region, and also because their neighboring countries include Germany, the Netherlands and France. Belgians are said to have German cuisine's serving sizes with French attention to detail. You have probably heard of Belgian recipes for waffles and fries, but they have so much more to offer. They have numerous national distinctive dishes and foods that are popular internationally, including spaghetti Bolognese and Belgian hamburgers. The traditionally favorite dishes of Belgium use seasonal and regional ingredients. These include Belgian endives, local beers, white asparagus, shrimp, leeks and potatoes. The people of Belgium usually have a light breakfast with a medium-sized lunch, an afternoon snack and a larger evening meal. From their chocolate and waffles to fries and beer, the food of Belgium is among the most beloved around the world. This cookbook will introduce you to some of the best that you can also make at home. Turn the page, and let's get cooking Belgian...

Linked by a common past, the Netherlands and Belgium have similar cuisines. Although some dishes, such as moules-frites, pancakes, waffles and chocolates are famous around the world, there is much more to the traditional food of both countries, and this exciting volume explores some of the very best recipes that have remained a well-kept secret over the centuries. Discover national and regional specialities, such as Poached Eggs on Hop Shoots, Flemish-style Asparagus, Brabant-style Pheasant, Kale with Smoked Sausage, and Steamed Mussels with Celery. This beautiful book will inspire all lovers of the food of northern Europe.