Velvety White Asparagus Soup. More asparagus recipes, please! I love experimenting with ingredients, but when seasonal gems like white asparagus are only around for a few months a year, I always feel like I need to start with the classics. Hence this soup – comforting, elegant, and full of that delicate asparagus flavour. A Classic Worth the Time There are quick versions out there, but I went with the long version of this Velvety White Asparagus Soup, because let’s be honest – slow and steady always wins when it comes to flavour. Taking the time to simmer the asparagus peels…
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Continue ReadingBaked cheesy chicory, or witlof in Dutch, is a classic Dutch vegetable side dish. Chicory is one of those veggies that as a kid I didn’t like much, too bitter and strange texture. Now I love it! It’s great eaten raw with a good veggie dip, or like my friend…
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Continue ReadingWhite Asparagus – The Classic Way. The ‘white gold of the earth’, we call it in the Netherlands – and what better dish to enjoy on Earth Day? Harvested in the morning and on our plate by evening, it doesn’t get much fresher than that. There are all sorts of…
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Continue ReadingIn the Netherlands we’re not really well known for our haute cuisine, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have good food. We have some amazing stews, soups, stamppots, seasonal dishes, seafood, sweets and snacks in our repertoire. Brabant is pretty well known for their worstenbroodjes (sausage rolls) and their Bossche…
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Continue ReadingAlthough the Netherlands isn’t really known for it’s haute cuisine dishes, there are quite a few traditional dishes that I absolutely love, like raw herring, kroketten or pea soup with smoked sausage for example. Another one of my favourites is stamppot, which literally translates to ‘mashed pan’. It’s mashed potatoes…