Duivekater: Sweet Dutch Bread Served at Easter with Lemon and SpicesLearn 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.
Vlaflip from scratch: Dutch dessert with vanilla custard, fruit sauce, and yogurtLearn 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!
Rondo’s: Buttery Cookie Filled with Homemade Almond PasteLearn to make rondo's, a typical Dutch pastry. It's a tall butter cookie filled with a rich homemade almond paste. These cookies go great with coffee, tea, or hot chocolate!
Sambal BadjakLearn to make Sambal Badjak, the sambal I put on the table, rather than cook with, Sambal Badjak (Pirate's Sambal). It has many ingredients and is cooked, then jarred, so it can keep for a long time.
Ketjap Manis: Indonesian Sweet Soy SauceLearn to make Ketjap Manis, the Indonesian sweet soy sauce. Its flavor is more complex than just soy sauce with sugar, as it has flavorful aromatics added.