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Mille-feuille the Dutch way

Straight to the recipe Tompouce is the Dutch version of mille-feuille. It is popular throughout the year, but on some…

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

Surprise Eggs

Straight to the recipe A Dutch recipe from the eighteenth century This decorative dish consists of whole, emptied eggs shells…

6 years ago

Traditional Dutch Banketletter

"Keep it simple: start with an I" The banketletter is one of the few traditional Dutch Christmas bakes, as most…

6 years ago

Mint soufflé

Straight to the recipe The introduction to the recipe is on this page, about Antonin Carême and the history of soufflés,…

6 years ago

Chawettys – Pies for a king

Straight to the recipe Pork pies with Stilton cheese Not so many decades ago, English cuisine stood for bland taste:…

7 years ago

Cheese pie with pears

Straight to the recipe The recipe for this pie with Brie cheese, pear and egg dates from the middle of…

7 years ago

Polish cold soup from a Russian cookbook

Very refreshing! This is a delicious dish when it is hot. It is a soup, a chlodnik or 'cold thingy' according to…

7 years ago

Eggs with gooseberries

Straight to the recipe An odd but tasty dish Recently I published an article in the periodical De Boekenwereld (The Book World)…

9 years ago

Sponge cake for trifle

Straight to the recipe Mrs Beeton's recipe Trifle is built on a layer of sponge cake. Since I have used Mrs Beeton's recipe…

11 years ago

Nourishing square omelette

Straight to the recipe Medieval stuffed omelette with marrow Some years ago I prepared a menu in the Culinair-historisch Kookmuseum ('culinary cookery…

11 years ago

White tourte, a favourite of Pope Julius III

Straight to the recipe Sweet Italian pastry from the sixteenth century In the Netherlands we are used to abdications. This year,…

11 years ago

Medieval Easter Eggs

Straight to the recipe Playing with colours During Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday before…

12 years ago

Custard with ratafia

Straight to the recipe A delicious dessert from the eighteenth century Vla (  ), a kind of custard, is very popular…

13 years ago

Stuffed eggs with mint

Straight to the recipe A medieval first course from Germany I am lucky with my neighbours. At the moment, I…

13 years ago