Desserts
Stroopwafels
Two paper-thin waffle discs split apart while hot and glued back together with hot caramel syrup. Best eaten…
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Deep-fried snacks and syrup-filled waffles. 21 Dutch recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 21 recipes cover 7 of the site’s categories, among them 7 dinners, 5 bakes, 3 appetisers and small plates, 3 desserts, 1 breakfast and 1 holiday dish. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Uitsmijter (13 min), Kibbeling (25 min) and Rookworst (30 min). For 13, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 12 easy, 6 medium and 3 hard.
As written, 10 are vegetarian, 1 gluten-free and 1 dairy-free.
Dutch recipes — all 21 recipes
Appetizers
Bitterballen
A stiff beef ragout chilled solid, rolled into balls, breadcrumbed and deep fried until the outside is crisp and the…
Desserts
Poffertjes
Tiny yeasted buckwheat pancakes cooked in a dimpled pan, served in a heap with a lump of butter melting over them…
Quick Meals
Uitsmijter
Three fried eggs laid over ham and cheese on buttered bread — the Dutch lunch counter standard, named for the…
Dinner
Stamppot
Potatoes mashed with kale or endive and a well of gravy in the middle, with sausage laid across. Fifty minutes.
Dinner
Erwtensoep
A thick Dutch split pea soup with smoked sausage, pork, celeriac and leek, thick enough to stand a spoon in.
Baking
Dutch Apple Cake
A moist apple cake from the Netherlands with thick slices of apple pressed into a buttery batter and baked for 50…
Side dish
Hutspot
A Dutch mash of potatoes, carrots and onions cooked together and mashed with butter, served with sausage or beef, in…
Appetizers
Kroketten
Crisp breadcrumbed croquettes with a thick beef ragout filling, set for 4 hours and fried for 15 minutes.
Holiday Specials
Oliebollen
Dutch New Year doughnuts of a wet yeast batter with raisins and currants, risen for 1 hour and deep fried for 15…
Baking
Appeltaart
A deep Dutch apple pie with cinnamon and raisins in a buttery pastry case with a lattice top, baked for 60 minutes.
Breakfast
Pannenkoeken
Large, thin Dutch pancakes fried in butter and eaten with syrup, bacon or apple, ready in 45 minutes.
Appetizers
Kibbeling
Chunks of white fish in a spiced batter fried until golden and eaten from a paper cone with garlic sauce.
Dinner
Gehaktbal
A large Dutch meatball of spiced minced beef and pork, browned and simmered in gravy for 30 minutes.
Dinner
Rookworst
A Dutch smoked sausage warmed in hot water for 20 minutes and served with sauerkraut mash and gravy.
Dinner
Kapsalon
Dutch fast food of chips topped with spiced chicken, melted cheese, salad and garlic sauce, baked in one tray for 25…
Baking
Boterkoek
A Dutch butter cake, dense and chewy with almond and lemon, baked for 30 minutes and cut into squares.
Baking
Gevulde Koeken
Dutch round biscuits of buttery spiced dough filled with almond paste, glazed with egg and baked for 20 minutes.
Desserts
Tompouce
Two layers of crisp puff pastry sandwiching thick vanilla pastry cream under a pink icing, the classic Dutch cake.
Baking
Vlaai
A Limburg fruit pie with a soft yeast crust and a cherry or apricot filling under a lattice, risen for 1 hour and…
Dinner
Frikandel
A Dutch minced meat sausage seasoned with nutmeg and paprika, shaped by hand and fried for 15 minutes until browned…