Technique

Recipes in this category explain a technique, but that is not always the main subject of the recipe.

Pickled anchovies

For the third course of the menu with adapted recipes in the edition of Het excellente kookboek (The Excellent Cookbook)…

3 years ago

Basics – Fresh chestnuts

Sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa) are an autumn treat. In the Netherlands the harvest is not always good, the chestnuts are…

4 years ago

Basis recipe – Mayonnaise

To the page with Tips & Tricks If but one tablespoon is needed, just use mayonnaise from a jar.  But…

4 years ago

Basic recipe – Marzipan

Page with recipes for Dutch Santa Claus Marzipan is traditionally eaten on Santa Claus' day and in the weeks leading…

4 years ago

Basics – Making fresh bread crumbs

To the index of Tips & Tricks Bread crumbs were widely used in the Middle Ages and still today in…

5 years ago

Vanilla ice cream

This is a very rich ice cream, with sugar, fat and cholesterol. So, why would you want to make it?…

6 years ago

Basic Recipe – Making Almond Milk

To the page with Tips & Tricks For people who are lactose-intolerant or follow a vegan diet, almond milk is…

6 years ago

Sauce espagnole

Straigh to the recipe The first new historical recipe of 2018 concerns small chicken pies from nineteenth-century French cook Carême.…

6 years ago

Puff pastry

On Coquinaria are several historical recipes for puff pastry. On this page is a modern version. While I was searching…

6 years ago

Almond paste

Rich and sweet Almond paste has been around since medieval times. Hardly anyone makes it at home nowadays. It is…

6 years ago