One of the foods my husband misses from home are bitterballen, a fried bar snack you find almost everywhere in the Netherlands. When we started to think about making them for him here, I went back to my recipe for Spanish Croquetas (click here ). They are pretty similar and after a lot of tasting we decided these were right. I hope you can give them a try and enjoy a taste of Holland too. Ingredients - makes about 40 300g minced beef 75g chopped onion Olive oil 2 tbs Parsl

I have made this salmon tartare as a starter many times, but decided when searching around for another make ahead canapé, to minimise this old favourite. A suitable container for the salmon was a bit of a problem, but I eventually hit upon the idea of making little cups out of celery, which I think works pretty well. Sadly there is quite a lot of wasted celery, but happily it does make a delicious soup, especially if you add some yummy blue cheese. Ingredients - makes 30 ca

We had a really lovely evening a couple of week's ago with some friends (outside and socially distanced of course) and alongside all the wine, Irene served these delicious little cheese balls. They are really yummy and very easy. You can make them with any soft cheese, any filling and any nuts. Because all I had in the fridge was a little soft goats cheese and an even smaller piece of Brie, that’s what I used. The fillings were quince jam in some and some small pieces of