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Beef Croquette and croquette balls

Beef Croquette and croquette balls

The Dutch love their snacks, like bitterballen, kroketten and frikandellen. They even have special snack vending machines, maybe you know them as Automats. In Dutch these were named Automatiek, but are now known as FEBO, named after the first, and now biggest, company to have introduced 

Dutch Meat Croquettes

Dutch Meat Croquettes

The Dutch love their snacks, like bitterballen, kroketten and frikandellen. They even have special snack vending machines, maybe you know them as Automats. In Dutch these were named Automatiek, but are now known as FEBO, named after the first, and now biggest, company to have introduced 

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 

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 

Marzipan

Marzipan

It’s almost Sinterklaas, which means it is time for another Dutch holiday recipe, marzipan! Okay, it’s not authentic Dutch food, since it has been around for many centuries and no one really knows who invented it first. In The Netherlands it is mainly used as 

Dutch Banketstaaf or Butter Letter

Dutch Banketstaaf or Butter Letter

The “boterletter”, literally translated: butter letter, is another Dutch delicacy in the dark winter months. Mostly consumed during the Sinterklaas night on the 5h of December, but again it’s available from mid September until late January. It is a simple pastry filled with an almond