A whole blog about hagelslag! It’s Dutch for chocolate sprinkles and the Dutch eat hagelslag sprinkles year round. It isn’t the first food covered in the Dutch traditional food series, we’ve already talked about Muisjes, Dutch Speculaas and Hete Bliksem. Let’s find out the origins and history of hagelslag. See …
This time we’re covering a Dutch traditional food in this series that has a specific season. Dutch speculaas is namely a product for November and December. So it’s the perfect moment to cover speculaas. Other foods covered in the series are Muisjes and Hete Bliksem. Let’s find out the origins …
The next blog in the Dutch Traditional Food Series, this time about hete bliksem. Other foods I’ve covered are Friet, Muisjes and the Frikandel. Let’s find out the origins and history of hete bliksem. The name explained and the different names around.See what it’s made of, how to eat them …
Another blog in the Dutch Traditional Food Series, this time we’ll cover friet. Friet is the Dutch word for fries. Other foods we’ve covered are Muisjes, Hagelslag and Speculaas. Let’s find out the origins and history of friet. See what it’s made of, how they’re called in the Netherlands, how …
This time we’re reviewing muisjes in the Dutch Traditional Food Series. Muisjes translates as little mice. Other foods we’ve covered in this series are the Frikandel, Vla and Kerststol. Let’s find out the origins and history of muisjes. See what it’s made of, how to eat them and in which …
The fifth one in the Dutch Traditional Food Series, and this time all about the most popular Dutch snack, the frikandel! Among the others I’ve covered are the second most popular snack the Kroket, Hagelslag and Vla. Let’s find out the origins and history of frikandellen. See what’s it …
The fourth one in the series, this time all about vla. We’ve covered the kroket, split pea soup and kerststol in the Dutch Traditional Food Series. It’s a dessert and is eaten all year long. Another one in the series is Hete Bliksem. Let’s find out the origins and history …
These cookies are a Dutch traditional food just like Kruidnoten, which is delicious and served around and on Sinterklaas. Dutch speculaas are cookies with seasoning which gives it a warm feeling inside. I usually can’t get enough of it and keep on eating it. Homemade they are the best! Each …
So it’s February, still a bit early for a Sinterklaas recipe, but I’m actually late with this Apricot Puff Pastry Letter. I had meant to publish it just before Sinterklaas 2021, but I didn’t get around to do it. So here it is, better late than never and certainly in …
Kerststol or Kerstbrood or Christmasbread is a truly traditional Christmas food in the Netherlands. Paul loves it, I’m less fond of it, since I don’t like almond spice that much. Which according to my husband is the highlight of a kerststol recipe. You can buy them everywhere in stores around …