My grandmother was born in Urk. When she was born, in 1916, Urk was still an ile. In 1939 Urk was connected to the mainland, but only in 1948 the first road connected Urk. Urk is famous for more than fish, but let’s stick to the food ;-). My grandmother […]
Dutch Authentic
Groninger Mosterdsoep (Mustard Soup from Groningen)
Yesterday I published a recipe from the far south of The Netherlands, ‘Zoervleis‘. Today I made a soup that originates in the far north of The Netherlands: Groningen. This soup is well known all over The Netherlands, I guess most of the people buy it ‘ready to eat’ from the […]
Zoervleis (Sour Beef Stew)
‘Zoervleis’ is an Authentic Dutch Recipe from the very south of The Netherlands: Limburg. It’s eaten with applesauce, mayonnaise and fried potatoes (which some call ‘friet’ and some call ‘patat’). The recipe I made was baselicy the recept published by Café Sjiek, but I did use another type of gingerbread, […]
Aardappels, Bieten met een Speklap
My next ‘Authentic Dutch Recipe’ is, what we call a ‘VGA-tje’. It’s a typical Dutch meal with meat, potatoes and vegetables with a fat gravy. Aardappels, Bieten en Speklap. In English it’s Potatoes, Beetroots and a thick Slice of Pork Belly. ‘Speklap’ is a bit difficult to translate, because I […]