Why not start a brand new Christmas dinner tradition, the Dutch way. Ever since the 1970s, many Dutch families have been doing this (Gourmetten) for Christmas dinner. It’s a hybrid between Raclette and Tepanyaki. It’s also a wonderful, relaxed, way to have dinner as a family, without too much stress!! There is plenty of time for conversation, and everyone makes food the way they like it! Nobody will feel left out!!
As a host, you will have some prep work to do, but after that, you are taking part in this, like everyone else. No need to keep running back-and-forth to the kitchen, to check up on whatever you’re cooking for the next course!!
Gourmetten: Dutch Christmas Dinner Tradition: No Stress, Relaxed, Fun Dinner Idea!
Why not start a brand new #Christmas dinner #tradition, the #Dutch way. Ever since the 1970s, many Dutch families have been doing this (Gourmetten) for Christmas dinner. It's a hybrid between Raclette and Tepanyaki. It's also a wonderful, relaxed, way to have dinner as a family, without too much stress!! There is plenty of time for conversation, and everyone makes food the way they like it! Nobody will feel left out! !
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Marinated chicken
- Grate ginger, until you have the right amount
- Grate garlic
- Mix ginger, garlic, and other ingredients together in a bowl.
- Cut your chicken into even pieces, and add it to the marinade. Let it sit for at least 1 hour, no more than 3.
Make compound herb butter
- Take the leaves off the sprigs of parsley, and chop finely
- Chop the chives finely.
- Grate the garlic
- With a fork, mix the herbs and garlic through the butter.
- Either roll the butter in a log in plastic wrap or wax paper and refrigerate.Or, put the butter in a small bowl, cover it with a piece of wax paper, and refrigerate.
Make Pizza Crusts
- With a cookie cutter, cut small circles (the size of the little pans) out of flour tortillas to make pizza crusts.
Make Dipping Sauces
- For each of the dipping sauces, put all the ingredients in a bowl, and mix thoroughly.
Make pancake batter
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients, and stir until all the lumps are gone.
- Put the batter in a squeeze bottle in the fridge.
Prepare everything
- For the ground beef, divide into small balls, and flatten, to make small little hamburgers
- Cut chicken into strips. Not too thick, not too thin.
- Cut steaks across the grain into strips. Not too thick, not too thin.
- Cut vegetables into small strips and put them into bowls
- Cut the bread into pieces.
Prepare pancake toppings
- Cut the fruits into small pieces
Setting the table
- Put the gourmet equipment in the middle of the table. We put it on a wooden cutting board, to prevent the heat of it to damage our table.WARNING: This gets hot, so if you have small children at the table, arrange the table in such a way that the kids cannot reach the hot plate.
- Put out the sauces, vegetables, etc., etc. in small dishes. and put them in multiple places on the table, so everyone can easily get to them.WARNING: Please adhere to food safety rules, and do not put out more food than can be consumed in 30 minutes or so. Check the FDA Guidelines for the latest recommendations.
- Put out the meats on the table. I often serve the meat on plates from the freezer, to help keep the meats cold.WARNING: Please adhere to food safety rules, and do not put out more meat than can be consumed in 30 minutes or so. Check the FDA Guidelines for the latest recommendations.WARNING: To avoid cross-contamination, have dedicated serving utensils to handle each type of food when putting it on the griddle.
- Lightly grease the griddle, and enjoy!
