Sunday, November 9, 2014

'Nederlandse kost* with your homeland twist’

We give Dutch food a pretty hard time. A really hard time actually. So what better way to mend the relationship than to give it a good old fashioned makeover....

'Nederlandse kost* with your homeland twist’ 

You may choose any of the recipes below, and then work it (if you want) to give it your own little twist. Any ingredient is allowed, but the basic recipe/main ingredient should still be recognisable.
Of course, if you know of or find another typically Dutch dish, feel free to use it!
Dishes were judged on....
  1. Originality
  2. Number of Dutch ingredients used
  3. Best suited ‘twist’ to go with recipe
  4. The yumminess of your dish

Traditional Dutch Party Nibbles

Deconstructed Hutspot of mash with smoked butter...inspired by the BBQs of australia, carrot confit in nutmeg, crispy fried onions (kelly)

Dutch delights- quintessential dutch on a plate with gorgeous presentation (roggebrood met haring en aardappel salade, puree en peterselie olie, roast beef rosettes with rode bieten en geitenkaas, paling, spek en bloemkool puree)...inspired by the colours of Africa (Winnie)

Pannekoek stack with rocket pesto...inspired by the colours of Africa (Colleen)

Ouderwetse garnarlen cocktail...with a NZ twist (Mascha)

SPECULOOS KIP, salad of rocket, oudekaas, apple, appelstroop...inspired by Monique

Kibbeling: UK style Ale battered fish, oven fried chippies pea and mint puree, tartar (Mita)

Meestreechs Zuurvlees met pomme duchesse, poached pear and plum confit...Inspired by Dutchiness, so dutch it's dutch (Dorte)

Oma's appeltaart...Heston Style (inspired by my would-be husband) poached apple in apple gel stacked with flaky pastry, caramelised walnuts, apple caviar & cinnamon ice cream (Kelly)

Dutch food has managed to win us back...made over it can be sexy and dish-lickingly good (it happened). The winners were:............ 1. Kelly, 2. Monique 3. Mita!!!