Dutch Recipes

Dutch cooking is practical and hearty, built on what the flat, wet land and the North Sea provide: potatoes, root vegetables, cabbage, dairy and fish. The everyday dinner is potatoes, meat and a vegetable, often mashed together as stamppot with kale, sauerkraut or carrots and onions, then served with smoked sausage or a meatball in gravy. Thick pea soup, mustard soup and stews flavored with bay, cloves and vinegar warm the winter table. Bread is eaten at breakfast and lunch, usually with slices of cheese or ham, or with sweet sprinkles. From the coast come herring, mussels and fried cod bites, and snack bars sell croquettes and fries with sauce. The bakery tradition is strong, with spiced cookies, syrup waffles, pancakes, apple pie and the deep-fried dough balls eaten on New Year's Eve. Indonesian dishes such as fried rice and satay are also cooked in many Dutch homes.

Staple ingredients

• potatoes
• kale, red cabbage and sauerkraut
• Gouda and other Dutch cheeses
• smoked sausage and bacon
• herring and North Sea fish
• dried peas
• mustard
• speculaas spices and syrup

• Breakfast 2
• Appetizers 1
• Soups 2
• Salads 1
• Main Dishes 5
• Side Dishes 1
• Desserts 4
• Snacks 2

Breakfast

• Pannenkoeken (Large Dutch Pancakes)NL40 minEasy
• Uitsmijter (Dutch Open Sandwich with Ham, Cheese and Fried Eggs)NL15 minEasy

Appetizers

• Bitterballen (Dutch Beef Ragout Croquette Balls)NL3 hChallenging

Soups

• Erwtensoep (Dutch Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage)NL2 h 40 minEasy
• Mosterdsoep (Dutch Mustard Soup with Bacon)NL45 minEasy

Salads

• Huzarensalade (Dutch Beef and Potato Salad)NL1 h 5 minEasy

Main Dishes

• Boerenkoolstamppot (Dutch Kale Mash with Smoked Sausage)NL1 hEasy
• Gehaktballen in Jus (Dutch Meatballs in Gravy)NL1 h 5 minEasy
• Hutspot met Klapstuk (Dutch Carrot and Onion Mash with Beef)NL3 h 5 minEasy
• Hachee (Dutch Beef and Onion Stew)NL3 h 15 minEasy
• Kapucijners met Spek (Dutch Capuchin Peas with Bacon)NL1 h 40 minEasy

Side Dishes

• Rode Kool met Appeltjes (Dutch Braised Red Cabbage with Apples)NL1 h 25 minEasy

Desserts

• Hollandse Appeltaart (Dutch Apple Pie)NL1 h 45 minMedium
• Oliebollen (Dutch New Year's Doughnut Balls)NL1 hMedium
• Poffertjes (Dutch Mini Pancakes)NL40 minMedium
• Stroopwafels (Dutch Caramel Syrup Waffles)NL1 h 25 minChallenging

Snacks

• Haring met Uitjes (Dutch Raw Herring with Onions and Pickles)NL15 minEasy
• Kibbeling (Dutch Fried Battered Cod Bites)NL35 minMedium