1. Poffertjes. Probably one of the most famous Dutch dishes, Poffertjes are small pancakes, baked in an iron skillet, and traditionally served with melted butter and dusted with icing sugar. You can enjoy these all year round, but Christmas and New Year are typically the best times to have them.
Dutch dinner
The Dutch eat relatively early starting from 5 to 7 p.m., families mostly eat together around the dinner table. A typical Dutch dinner meal consists of potatoes, meat and vegetables, served with gravy. Dinner is often followed by a dessert in the form of yogurt or coffee.
With a typical Dutch breakfast is often buttermilk, melk, coffee, tea, fresh juice or optimel Drunk. Dutch people who prefer not to start their day with bread often choose yogurt or cereals, such as muesli or cornflakes with milk, yogurt or cottage cheese.
: an individual serving of assorted sliced cold meats and cheeses compare cold cuts.
or dutch lunch
noun. an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.
The Dutch love for sandwiches — be it as broodjes or boterhams — comes from a much older, ancestral love for bread. Bread was namely a hot topic in the 17th-century Netherlands, and we still see that today.
Goodies included ring bologna, cured meat sticks, sliced bag bologna, all kinds of zesty cheeses and mustards, horseradish pickles, garlic pickles and savory red beet eggs.
Unexpectedly becoming a worldwide phenomenon, stroopwafels are the most popular Dutch dessert adopted by other countries. First made in Gouda, a small town in South Holland, stroopwafels blew up and are now well-known across the world.
Sometimes also called 'een AVG' (aardappels – vlees – groenten). This one is considered the number 1 typical Dutch food. Lots of potatoes, lots of vegetables, boil them and mash it all together (stamppot translated literally as 'mash pot'). And that's it!
In some cultures, eating with your hands is quite common. In the Netherlands there are only a few things that you can eat with your hands publicly without it being frowned upon: chips, pizza, bread and meat with a lot of bones, like chicken or spare-ribs.
Well, as it turns out, they've taken a similar approach in the Netherlands. A broodje haring – herring, onions and pickles in a burger bun – is the quintessential Dutch hangover food.
Jenever (Genever) Jenever - the alcoholic beverage flavoured with juniper berries - is a traditional drink from the Netherlands. Jenever (also commonly spelled as genever) has a long history in the Netherlands.
Pork remains the most popular meat in the Netherlands, with an annual share of 36.5 kilograms per person, followed by poultry (22.1 kg), beef (15.4 kg), veal (1.3 kg) and goat meat (1.2 kg).
Rye bread is one of the few dense breads of the Netherlands. White bread used to be the luxury bread, often made with milk as well as water. Ontbijtkoek may be eaten as a substitute for a full breakfast, or simply as a snack. It is served as a thick slice, usually with butter.
Uitsmijter is a Dutch open-faced sandwich which is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or as a late night meal. It's easy to make, uses only a few basic ingredients, is utterly satisfying, and only takes about 5 minutes to assemble. Uitsmijter (pronounced out-smiter), is a Dutch open-faced ham, cheese, and egg sandwich.
hapje, het ~ Noun.