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19 recipes / Dutch
Crispy, flaky puff pastry triangles stuffed with spiced tart apples and raisins, coated in coarse sparkling sugar. Eaten traditionally around Christmas and New Year's.
Traditional spiced Dutch cookies made with speculaas spice mix, perfect for the holiday season or anytime as a delightful treat.
A classic banana bread recipe using ripe bananas for a tender, flavorful loaf. Moist and sweet with a hint of vanilla, perfect for breakfast or dessert.
A richer, more festive version of the stol — packed with winter dried fruits, marzipan, and warming spices, topped with flaked almonds and a blizzard of powdered sugar.
A thick, hearty split pea soup with rookworst sausage, celeriac, leeks, and smoked pork. Called 'snert' — traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve.
Tiny, fluffy Dutch pancakes made with yeast and buckwheat flour, cooked in a special dimpled pan. Served with a generous pat of butter and a snowfall of powdered sugar.
A basic biscuit recipe using flour and water, rolled out and baked to perfection.
Mashed potatoes and kale cooked together, served with rookworst and gravy. The Dutch comfort dish Oma makes for Thanksgiving because it feeds a crowd and travels well.
Two thin, crisp waffle cookies sandwiched around a warm caramel syrup filling. The syrup softens the wafer when placed over a hot cup of coffee — that is the correct way to eat them.
A beautiful rustic holiday tart spreading sweet, smooth Dutch almond paste (spijs) beneath a tart filling of fresh cranberries and sugar.
Deep-dish Dutch apple pie loaded with thick chunks of cinnamon-spiced apples and raisins, encased in a buttery pastry crust with a beautiful lattice top.
A standard Dutch preparation modernized for Thanksgiving—fresh Brussels sprouts roasted with butter and finished with a classic grating of fresh whole nutmeg.
Rich, crumbly speculaas spiced cookie dough stuffed with a thick, sweet layer of soft homemade almond paste.
Traditional Dutch hutspot—a comforting, rustic mash of starchy potatoes, carrots, and onions, served with a deep well of savory turkey pan gravy.
An enriched yeast bread filled with homemade almond paste and candied citrus peel. Shaped into a log and dusted with powdered sugar. Oma's Easter morning tradition.
Savory, perfectly spiced ground pork sausage meat wrapped inside flaky, golden puff pastry sheets.
A brilliant fusion dessert blending rich, velvety American pumpkin cheesecake custard over a crunchy crust made from crushed Dutch Speculaas cookies.
A spectacular Dutch holiday fusion. Whole turkey rubbed inside and out with aromatic Dutch speculaas spice mix (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger), creating a deeply fragrant, beautifully browned holiday bird.
Deep-fried yeast dough drops studded with raisins and currants, dusted under a heavy mountain of powdered sugar. The essential Dutch holiday treat.
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