Make very strong coffee, type of espresso. Mix with 1 sachet
of vanilla sugar and one liquer glass Pékèt or other grain
jenever per cup. Beat the whipped cream until stiff.
Choose high ice cups and pour them to 1/3 full of coffee.
Spoon a large ball of vanilla ice cream. Spoon over the
whipped cream and finish with some chocolate chips or beans.
Serve immediately.
Liège coffee
homemade vanilla ice cream
Pékèt (juniper)
chocolate
The history of this dessert is interesting. The recipe dates
from the First World War. In the Parisian cafés and
restaurants they served a 'Café Viennois'. Because Liège
offered so much resistance to the German-Austrian
offensive, the Café Viennois was renamed Café Liégeois
by the French authorities. The local accent is obtained by
adding a glass of gin from the region.