Recipe

Learn to make Ajam Besengeh, or Ajam Kuning. This Indonesian chicken dish is cooked with an extremely fragrant and flavorful yellow coconut milk sauce that is filled with herbs, spices, and aromatics. It’s a great dish served with some acar campur, steamed vegetables, and rice!

Learn to make the most favorite snack in The Netherlands: Frikandel Speciaal. We’ll make it from scratch using only the highest quality ingredients, without the need for any specialized equipment. This caseless sausage is first boiled, and then deep-fried. It’s served with mayo, spicy ketchup, and fresh onions. An absolute Dutch delicacy!

Learn to make berenklauw, a Dutch snack dish consisting of meatballs and onions on a skewer. The meatballs are typically deep-fried and then served with delicious peanut sauce, which is the perfect combination to beat even the most demanding humongous hunger! You can find these under many different names at snack bars all around the Netherlands: Spoetnik, Berenhap, Gehaktbal speciaal, or Berenklauw.

Learn how to make my mom’s pound cake. Her recipe is easy, quick, and straightforward, yet it creates deliciously dense, moist, and buttery pound cake! The addition of lemon zest and lemon juice gives the cake a brightness and a nice hint of citrus! You’ll also learn about the rule my mom has when making the batter that you better not break!

Learn to make “Bruin Brood,” a Dutch whole wheat bread! When I moved to the United States, I couldn’t find a wheat bread that I truly liked. So I learned how to make it myself. After many years, my recipe is pretty foolproof. Learning to make whole wheat bread was a challenge for me. At first, the taste of fresh homemade bread wasn’t what I’d remembered from my home in the Netherlands. I took some time to adjust though and after many years, I’d say this recipe has turned out very good! The taste reminds me of home and it makes my mouth water just writing about it.