Recipe

Speculaasbrokken: Chunks of Thick and Crunchy Speculaas

Dutch Appelstroop: Delicious Apple Syrup for on Bread, Ice Cream, or Pancakes

Learn to make Duivekater, a bread served at Easter brunch in the North-West part of the country. Duivekater is a flat loaf of bread that is slightly sweet. The addition of lemon zest, nutmeg, and cardamom gives the bread a rich flavor. Serve it plain or buttered and enjoy it with a cup of coffee or tea. When you buy this bread from local bakers, it will be ornately decorated with curls and intricate carvings.

Learn to make this quintessential Dutch dessert called “vlaflip.” We didn’t eat this every night as dessert. Most nights it was vla, or yogurt, but sometimes we got this delicious dessert. The three components go so well together: rich, velvety vanilla custard, sweet and fruity syrup, with the tangy yogurt on top!