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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 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
Servings 4 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

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!

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