Netherlands

Speculaasjes – Traditional Dutch Cookies

Speculaas or speculoos is one of the Dutch culinary specialties. It is a spiced cookie, made with wooden forms or…

21 years ago

Quince pie

Straight to the recipe A very special pie from the sixteenth century There is a growing interest for vegetables and…

22 years ago

Sauces for broiled fish

Fish played a prominent role in the daily diet throughout the Catholic Middle Ages, because during set periods and days…

22 years ago

Lamb-chops Pie

Straight to the recipe A Dutch recipe from the eighteenth century To serve lamb on Easter Sunday is an ancient…

22 years ago

Parsnip salad

Straight to the recipe A sixteenth-century Dutch recipe This winter salad for parsnips is taken from a Dutch cookbook from…

22 years ago

Dutch pea soup

Snert, traditional winterfare Dutch cuisine has few internationally known highlights. Gouda cheese is one them, maatjesharing (young herring eaten slightly…

23 years ago

Medieval pea soup

Very simple The recipe is taken from ms KANTL Gent 15, second part. Edition: W.L. Braekman, Een nieuw zuidnederlands kookboek uit…

23 years ago

Fake Fish

Straight to the recipe Medieval apple pie for Lent Lent - The fishy season In the Middle Ages the catholic…

23 years ago

Stuffed meatballs in lettuce

Straight to the recipe And about the history of a typically Dutch snack, the 'frikandel' The original recipe on this…

24 years ago

Capon with caper-sauce

Straight to the recipe Prepared 'à la braise' A delicious dish from the nineteenth century that is easy to prepare.…

24 years ago