比利时最出名的四样东西分别是啤酒，巧克力，砖石和蕾丝。除了这些，还有华夫饼，薯条等。比利时位于欧洲西部沿海，是一个高度发达的资本主义国家，是欧盟和北约创始会员国之一，也是世界十大商品进出口国之一。
比利时受沿岸流经的北大西洋暖流的影响，属温带海洋性气候，全年温和多雨，气候湿润。
比利时的国土面积比较小，陆地面积约30528平方公里，领海及专属经济区约3462平方公里，海岸线长66.5公里。全境分为西北部沿海佛兰德平原，中部丘陵，东南部阿登高原三部分。
比利时的主要旅游景点有布鲁日历史中心，鞋子或非鞋子博物馆，帕拉丁莫瑞图斯博物馆，比利时皇家美术博物馆，圣母主教座堂，布鲁塞尔司法宫等。
比利时最值得一尝的传统甜点（一） The Best Traditional Sweets to Try From Belgium
比利时的甜点可不局限于华夫饼和巧克力，其实还有很多其他好吃的！从包装糖果、酥脆的饼干到柔软的蛋糕，总有一样比利时传统甜品可以满足你的甜品胃。
Don’t limit yourself to waffles and chocolate as Belgium has so much more to offer when it comes to sweet snacks. From wrapped sugar confections to crispy cookies and soft pastries, here are some traditional delicacies to satisfy your sweet-tooth.
Baisers
“吻”是来自比利时瓦隆区马尔梅迪镇的一种甜点。在锡奈、迪南、马尔什昂法梅讷、蒙斯、那慕尔、让布卢、讷沙托或罗什福尔等地都有它的变体版本。
“吻”是由两块酥皮蛋糕组成，中间通常会夹有打发的奶油、黄油或冰激凌。
The kiss is a pastry from the Belgian town of Malmedy, in Wallonia. Variations can be found in those of Ciney, Dinant, Marche-en-Famenne, Mons, Namur, Gembloux, Neufchâteau or Rochefort.
Each kiss is composed of two pieces of meringue pastry, joined by a whipped cream, butter or ice cream.
它最初在市场上的名字是blankès mèringues（白色蛋白糖），从20世纪30年代开始，“吻”这个名字得到广泛使用，因为两片蛋糕相连经常会让人联想到两张亲吻的双唇。
It was first marketed under the name blankès mèringues ("white meringues"), then, from the 1930's, under the name of kiss, by analogy; the welding of the two meringues reminding that of two mouths exchanging a kiss.
Cougnou / Cougnolle
Cougnou（也叫cougnolle）是一种维也纳面包，在比利时通常作为圣诞食品食用。过去的Cougnou上通常用灰白色或粉红色的杏仁蛋白软糖做成襁褓中婴儿耶稣形象装饰在表面。
在瓦隆地区，11月1日万圣节就会有小糖像出现在甜品店和超市的货架上了。
Cougnou (also called cougnolle) was, in the past, a Vienna bread holding a plaster or pink marzipan figure of the swaddled baby Jesus.
In Wallonia as early as November 1, All Saints Day, little sugar paste figures appear in the pastry aisles and supermarkets.
这种面包有可能起源于（比利时）埃诺省，如今它已经传播到比利时南部所有省份和法国北部地区。
This enriched bread may have originated in the province of Hainaut, although it spread throughout all the southern provinces of Belgium and northern France.
Stofé
Stofé是另一个受人喜爱的比利时甜点，是一种近年十分流行的甜芝士蛋糕，起源于比利时瓦隆地区的瓦夫尔市。在stofé的制作过程中，需要一种松软的干酪——瓦隆地区称作stofé，将其与蛋白霜、苦杏仁和甜杏仁混合在一起，倒在切好的苹果片上。
Another beloved dessert in Belgium is stofé, a popular sweet cheesecake that originates from the city of Wavre in Belgium’s French Wallonian region. To make it, cottage cheese, or stofé in Walloon, is blended with meringue and bitter and sweet almonds and poured over a bed of sliced apples.
在瓦夫尔邻近城市若杜瓦涅也有一种类似的甜品，叫做blanke doréye。然而，blanke doréye需要用香草代替杏仁，用苹果泥代替苹果片。但是无论用哪种方式做烘焙，都要确保使用优质的松软干酪，因为这才是这道甜点独特风味的来源。对于喜欢在晚餐后吃点甜食，但又不太喜欢浓郁巧克力和奶油的人来说，Stofé是一个不错的选择。
The neighboring city of Jodoigne also has a soufflé-like version of the dessert called the blanke doréye. However, this replaces the almonds with a hint of vanilla and the sliced apples with mashed ones. Whichever way you make it, though, be sure to use quality cottage cheese as this is what gives the dessert its unique flavor. Stofé is a great option for those who want a sweet ending to their dinner but prefer a dessert without rich chocolate or cream.
blanke doréye
Mattentaarten
Mattentaarten是一种小小的圆形酥皮甜点，用轻盈的mattenbrij或凝乳干酪作为馅料。Mattentaarten是弗拉芒阿登地区赫拉尔兹贝亨市的特产，于2006年被欧盟授予受保护的地理标志（PGI）。这也意味着Mattentaarten只能在该市或附近的利尔德市制作。不用说，mattentaart是赫拉尔兹贝亨居民的骄傲，因为这是比利时为数不多获得这一欧盟称号的城市之一。
Mattentaarten are small, round sweet puff pastry cakes with a light, airy filling of mattenbrij or curd cheese. The cakes are the specialty of the city Geraardsbergen in the Flemish Ardennes and were granted the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by the European Union in 2006. This means that they can only be made in the city or the nearby municipality of Lierde. Needless to say, the mattentaart is a source of pride for residents of Geraardsbergen, which is one of the only cities in Belgium to have received this EU designation.
而在这个邻近城市利尔德也有一个拥有历史渊源的小甜点——Lierse vlaaike，据说是由秘密香料配方制作而成的，至今已有三百多年的历史。这是安特卫普最古老的烘焙食品之一。
Another small tart with historical origins is the Lierse vlaaike, which is made from a – supposedly secret – spiced cake recipe created more than three-hundred years ago. This is one of the oldest baked goods from the Antwerp province – and also one of the most delicious desserts you will find in Belgium.
Lierse vlaaike
Croustillon
croustillant或croustillon在法语中会让人联想到酥皮、松脆的东西——而且一般是油炸的。这种食物一般与集市有关，在如今富足的田园生活中占有着特殊地位。croustillon像是一种美味的迷你甜甜圈，是列日的特产，著名的列日博览会（Foire de Liège）或十月博览会为数不多品尝它们的机会。
There's no single word for croustillant or croustillon in English, but it evokes something crusty, crisp, crunchy - and deep-fried. It's the kind of food associated with the fairs that hold such a special place in the life of our idyllic land of luxury and plenty. These tasty little mini-doughnuts are a speciality of Liège, and the famous Foire de Liège, or October Fair, is really the only place to taste them.
正确吃croustillon的画面应该是：在上面撒上糖粉，趁热用手指尖拿起放进嘴巴。要边走边吃，最后掸一下身上。丢弃外包装纸之前，还要一丝不苟地吮吸每个指尖。
Anyhow, croustillons are eaten with a sprinkling of icing sugar, while burning the tips of your fingers at the very least, as well as your mouth. You eat them as you walk along, and end up having to brush yourself down. And sucking the end of each finger meticulously before discarding the carton.
Tarte brésilienne
巴西馅饼可能起源于20世纪70年代的瓦隆地区。有着发面饼底，上面盖上一层厚厚的奶油馅，表面再抹一层奶油，整个饼上撒着焦糖和烤的碎榛子和杏仁。
巴西馅饼后来迅速遍布比利时。自20世纪80年代以来已与大米馅饼并列成为比利时最受欢迎的馅饼之一。在比利时的大多数甜品店和超市都可以找到它。
The Brazilian pie is a sweet pastry that seems to have originated in Wallonia in the 1970s. It consists of a base of leavened pastry with a generous layer of pastry cream, covered with whipped cream, the whole sprinkled with brazilian (caramelized and crushed roasted hazelnuts and almonds).
The Brazilian pie quickly spread throughout Belgium. Since the 1980s, it has become one of the most popular pies in Belgium along with the rice pie. It can be found in most pastry shops and supermarkets in the country.
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