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 Parsley chopped Zest of one lemon Juice 1/2 lemon 1/2 tsp mace Salt and pepper For the roux: 50 butter 75 flour 225 whole milk For the coating: 70g panko 2 eggs 25g flour. 500ml vegetable oil approximately, to fry American ye
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 canapés or 2 light starter portions 1 head of celery (canapé only) 100g very fresh salmon (excluding skin) 50g smoked salmon 0.5 shallot, finely chopped 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp capers, rinsed and chopped 1 tbsp dill, cho
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 fresh fig in others. Irene used halved grapes. For the nutty coverings I used chopped hazelnuts, walnuts and chopped un-blanched almonds. A great little canapé for using up left overs. Ingredients for 10 50g Soft chee
