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I *think* this is my last Dutch recipe: kibbeling: https://www.196flavors.com/netherlands-kibbeling/
They're basically bite-size battered fish. They're less of a faff than full-size battered fish and the addition of a spice rub was nice. The recipe called for a full tablespoon of ground bay leaf, which I felt was a lot, so I only put a fraction, and still it was all I could taste! Will make again.
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Last week, I made kletskoppen, using this online recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-kletskoppen-recipe-1128529 and not the tagged book. I divided the amounts by 10. The batter spread so much it ended up being 1 giant rectangular cookie, that I then cut into pieces. I was hoping they'd be like almond thins, but lacier. The flavour profile was v. similar, but they were thicker and really hard. I've got to try again and concentrate!

As it's Sunday, I made Dutch Sunday Soup, from the tagged book. It is made with whatever vegetables are in season (I used leek, carrots, celeriac, celery, Jerusalem artichokes and romanesco), small pieces of beef, veal meatballs flavoured with nutmeg, and vermicelli. Perfectly fine.
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I made the tagged book's chervil pie. Nice. The dough was a bit hard - not surprising given that it called for just 50g of butter for 200g or flour - but at least, that made it a lot less caloric than regular shortcrust. The filling was cream cheese (I used fromage frais), eggs, chervil, chives (I used a bit of leek) and tarragon.
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Picked up the tagged book on Jan, 1st. It opened of its own accord on page 100: fosco (cold chocolate drink) and poffertjes (drop scones/thick pancakes made with plain & buckwheat flour), which apparently “were a traditional New Year treat in North Holland“. That was fate & obviously, I had to try them. Very nice! Will definitely make them again 👍

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