A Dutch orginal dessert Vla (Â ), a kind of custard, is the favourite dessert for most Dutch people. It is ready-bought at supermarkets, and seldom prepared at home. In the past, custard was prepared with just eggs and milk (see this recipe for Custard with macaroons), but custard powder is also an excellent way…
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Clean hands
Coquinaria has lots of medieval recipes, but how do you eat these dishes? With your hands! Eating with a fork became the thing to do in upper class European courts during the sixteenth century. Lower classes kept eating with their hands as late as the eighteenth century. Eating your food with fork AND knife is…
Lemonade
Een French recipe from the seventeenth century Straight to the recipe A very simple recipe, because I am in the middle of moving house (summer 2007), and have been very busy. Where does the word lemonade come from? Lemonade comes from ‘lemon’ or the French ‘limon’. Another French word for lemon is citron, which is…
Stuffed oranges
Straight to the recipe A feast for the eye This recipe is from the great Antonin CarĂȘme, the Frenchman who started as street urchin on the streets of Paris and became a cook for kings, czars and other great persons. More information on CarĂȘme is on the page with the recipe for soufflĂ©. And like the…
Dutch Bishop Wine
Although actually it’s English! The Dutch consider Bishop wine as a typically Dutch mulled wine for Sint Nicholas Eve. But it appears that its origins are not Dutch at all. According to the large Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (Lexicon of the Dutch Language, published in installments from 1864 to 1998), bisschopswijn has English roots. The name indicates the…
CrÚme brûlée
Straight to the recipe An all-time favourite from the seventeenth century CrĂšme brĂ»lĂ©e is one of the most popular desserts. That probably has to do with the titillating contrast between the cold, creamy custard and the hard, hot layer of burned sugar. This dish should be prepared with care, because it can easily turn out wrong….