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Gourmetten: Dutch Christmas Dinner Tradition: No Stress, Relaxed, Fun Dinner Idea!

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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!!

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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! !

Course Main Course

Cuisine Dutch

Keyword Christmas, Dutch Food, Holiday Recipe

Prep Time 45

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 45

Servings People

Equipment

Ingredients

Meats

1 kg Chicken breast
1 kg Steak
500 g Ground Beef

Side Dishes

Salad
2 Baguette
Mushrooms
4 Flour Tortilla
120 ml Pizza sauce
Cheese
Onion
Bell Pepper
250 ml Peanut Sauce

Chicken Marinade

4 tbsp Ketjap Manis
2 tbsp Honey
1 clove Garlic
1 tsp Sambal Oelek
0.5 tsp Ginger
2 tsp Distilled white vinegar

Herb Butter

113 g Unsalted Butter At room temperature
6 Sprigs Parsley
6 Sprigs Chives
1 clove Garlic
1 pinch Salt

Curry Based Dipping Sauce

3 tbsp Mayonnaise
3 tbsp Greek yoghurt (plain)
1.5 tsp Curry Powder
0.5 tsp Cumin powder
1 pinch Salt

Smokey & Spicy Dipping Sauce

3 tbsp Mayonnaise
3 tbsp Greek yoghurt (plain)
0.5 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Onion Powder
2 tsp Smoked Paprika
0.25 tsp Cayenne Powder
1 pinch Salt

Pancake Batter

1 Egg
120 g All-purpose flour
250 ml Milk
1 pinch Salt

Pancake toppings

12 Large strawberries
2 Bananas
6 tbsp Hazelnut spread
2 tbsp Keukenstroop

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Instructions

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!