There are many amazing Dutch foods and treats worth checking out on your next visit to the Netherlands. Whether your flavour is sweet or savoury, you’ll be sure to find something you love on this list of 13 Dutch foods below.
Appeltaart
Appeltaart is the Dutch version of an apple pie, traditionally with a lattice on top. Yum!
Bitterballen
Bitterballen are meatballs covered in a mixture of broth, butter, flour, parsley, salt and pepper, which are then battered and deep fried, and usually served with mustard. These go great with beer!
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Kaas
Kaas is Dutch for cheese, of which there are many in the Netherlands. The two most famous Dutch cheeses are Edam and Gouda. Be sure to visit a cheese store or two and try a few free samples!
Kibbeling
Kibbeling is the Dutch version of fish and chips.
Oliebollen
Oliebollen are deep fried balls of dough, literally meaning ‘oil balls’, dusted in powdered sugar.
Ontbijtkoek
Ontbijtkoek, meaning breakfast cake, is a cake spiced with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and sometimes aniseed. It is traditionally served for breakfast, spread with butter.
Patat Frites
Patat Frites are ordinary old fries topped with a big dollop of mayonnaise – the Dutch classic. There are a range of other popular toppings to try if mayo isn’t your thing.
Poffertjes
Poffertjes are mini pancakes topped with powdered sugar and butter, and sometimes syrup and whipped cream.
Snert
Snert is the Dutch version of pea soup. It’s topped with slices of rookworst (smoked sausage), and traditionally served with roggebrood (rye bread) and bacon.
Stamppot
Stamppot is a traditional Dutch dish made of mashed potato and a combination of one or more vegetables, and typically topped with rookworst (smoked sausage).
Stroopwafel
Stroopwafel (syrup waffle) is the Dutch version of a waffle. It consists of two thin layers of baked dough with a layer of caramel in between. They make an excellent side to a coffee!
Tompouce
Tompouce are a rectangular pastry consisting of two layers of puff pastry filled with yellow pastry cream, topped with pink icing, and sometimes whipped cream. They’re quite messy to eat!
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