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Real Dutch ‘Slavink’

A very special meatball This meat dish is typically Dutch. I have not been able to find an exact translation of…

14 years ago

Stockfish with peas, apple and raisins

Straight to the recipe An ode to dried food A very medieval tasting recipe. It's an ode to dried food, except the onion all…

14 years ago

Tuna with mustard crust

Straight to the recipe A spicy Walloon dish from the sixteenth century Last year I published a recipe for mushroom pie from…

15 years ago

Kale with chestnuts and groats

Straight to the recipe A recipe from the cook of Stadtholder Willem IV The recipe on this page is from Le…

15 years ago

Stamppot – Traditional Dutch Winterfare

Warming, loving, substantial food While I am writing this (2 December 2010) it's freezing cold outside, the canal in front…

15 years ago

Tourte de fonges

Straight to the recipe Mushroom pie from Lancelot de Casteau This mushroom pie from 1604 is much more modern than…

16 years ago

Traditional Dutch potato salad

Russian Salad the Dutch way I suppose Russian Salad is a popular dish all over the world, but I wonder…

16 years ago

Chicken with redcurrant sauce

Straight to the recipe A bright summer-sauce from the sixteenth century Blackbirds, thrushes, finches - who doesn't enjoy hearing these…

16 years ago

Spinach Pie

This the third recipe for Good Friday. The other recipes are Pomegranate Salad and Jacobin Sops. If one grows spinach…

16 years ago

Whole smoked chicken

The recipe on this page is taken from a cookbook that I have had in my possession for years, but…

17 years ago