Tag: fruit

Saint Pancake! (Dutch pancakes)

Saint Pancake! (Dutch pancakes)

Happy Saint Pancake! Saint Pancake? Indeed! Sint Pannekoek is a Dutch pseudo holiday on the 29th of November. It was first introduced in 1986 in a Dutch comic called “Jan, Jans en de kinderen” (Jan, Jans and the kids). Grandpa and the kids didn’t feel 

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Aardbeien en rabarber gaan hand in hand, net als appels en rozijnen, banaan en cocos, karamel en zout.. Het is een van die dingen waar je van houdt of niet en ik ben een groot fan. Een oud gezegde luid: April doet wat ‘ie wil en 

Black Plum Pie

Black Plum Pie

Happy π-day! I will be celebrating pi(e) day with this gorgeous black plum pie, or as we call it: Sjwatse proemevlaai! If you don’t like plums you can substitute them with dried apricots. Ingredients Filling 500gr dried black plums water to soak 100gr sugar Coarse sugar 

Banoffee cupcakes

Banoffee cupcakes

The first signs of spring are showing in the Netherlands! Sunshine all around, but the wind is still cold. Create these yummy banoffee cupcakes with banana, honey, cream cheese frosting and caramel syrup to taste the summer while enjoying the sun from behind the window. 

Eggnog Custard

Eggnog Custard

Advocaat is the Dutch word for “lawyer”. As the name of the drink, it is short for advocatenborrel, or “lawyer’s drink”, where borrel is Dutch for a shot of an alcoholic beverage. According to the 1882 edition of the Dictionary of the Dutch Language, it 

Apple Butter

Apple Butter

In Limburg known as Zeem, Kroet, Kruutje, Sjroap or Ziepnaat. In regular Dutch? Appelstroop. Mostly made from apples that had already fallen from the tree, so nothing would go to waste! Apple butter is a dark treacle made of apples and sugar. It’s mostly used 

Dutch Apple Fritters

Dutch Apple Fritters

In my last post, about the Oliebollen, I told you about other Dutch delights that are sold at carnivals. One of these delicacies are Appelbeignets. Appelbeignets are apple slices covered in batter, deep fried and rolled in cinnamon sugar. The batter is traditionally made with 

Christmas Stollen

Christmas Stollen

Stollen is a fruit bread that is enjoyed round the time of Christmas and Easter. It symbolizes fertility and fortune and it originates from Germany. It is a rich buttery bread, much like a brioche, filled with raisins soaked in water or rum, almonds and 

Apple Turnovers

Apple Turnovers

Apple turnovers are made with puff pastry. It’s like a little pouch of dough filled with apples, raisins and cinnamon. Today I give you the recipe for apple turnovers! Delicious, quick and easy to make, success guaranteed! Ingredients 8-10 sheets of puff pastry, 12x12cm 100 

South-Dutch Applepie

South-Dutch Applepie

Just like my recipe for Dutch cherry pie, this recipe is a traditional pie from the very south of the Netherlands, Limburg. Did you know the Southern Dutch cuisine consists of the cuisines of the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Flemish Region