Netherlands

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Netherlands

9 recipes

Photograph of Zuurkool.

Zuurkool

Dutch zuurkool is white cabbage salted and fermented in bulk. The only documented process in the available record is one North Holland producer’s commercial method from 2016.

Langedijk area, North Holland
Vegetables
A pale sweet-tangy dipping sauce in a ceramic bowl beside golden potato chips.
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Lighter, sweet-tangy chip sauce

Lower-oil, starch-thickened fritessaus-inspired sauce derived from M13, not a Remia replica. Nominal yield 291 g before cooking loss.

Netherlands · Modern method
· Condiments
Surinamese puntjes, pointed yeast rolls with a light semolina coating and a pressed crosswise seam.

Surinamese puntjes

Pointed, yeast-raised Surinamese rolls with a light crumb and a thin crust, shaped with a pressed seam and baked with a semolina coating.

Suriname · Modern method
· Grains and starches
A bowl of finished Limburgse stroop, a glossy dark apple-and-pear fruit syrup, with a pear and apple nearby.

Limburgse stroop

Limburgse stroop is a regional family of cooked fruit syrups from Dutch and Belgian Limburg. Producers blend apples, pears and beet differently, so no single formula exists.

Limburg (Netherlands)
Fruit
A cut Gouda-style wheel with a pale-golden interior and natural rind, shown on a wooden board.

Gouda-style washed-curd cheese

A pressed, brined cheese in which a third of the whey is replaced with hot water, washing out lactose so the cheese ends less acidic before months of ageing.

Netherlands
Dairy
A bowl of smooth, glossy neutral mayonnaise with a spoon and its ingredients alongside.

Neutral classic mayonnaise

A plain mayonnaise of 200 g refined neutral oil emulsified into pasteurised yolk, vinegar, water and a little Dijon mustard: a clean base for tasting, comparing and flavouring.

Menorca
Condiments
Round Dutch tiger rolls with a golden crackled rice-flour crust and soft crumb.

Tiger rolls (rice-paste crust)

These Dutch-associated wheat rolls carry a yeast-raised rice-flour paste that dries into a split, crunchy crust.

Netherlands · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Frisian suikerbrood loaf and slices showing a soft cinnamon-sugar swirl and pearl sugar.

Frisian suikerbrood: Toine's version

Yeasted sugar bread with cinnamon, pearl sugar and ginger syrup, shaped into two standard loaves or three paper-pan loaves.

Friesland · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Dutch smoked-eel roll filled with lettuce, cucumber and basil-chive dressing, served on a plain plate.
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Smoked eel roll

This Dutch lunch roll combines purchased smoked eel with cucumber, basil, lemon dressing and lettuce.

Netherlands · Modern method
Fish and seafood