Dutch Christmas Recipes

Christmas is the merry-making time for Christians. They celebrate it with great enthusiasm. They arrange big parties. They exchange gifts and prepare special food. The atmosphere is filled with happiness. In Holland, Christmas is the fun and gift exchanging time. They decorate their houses and bring a Christmas tree. For you, here we have given few Dutch Christmas recipes. You can try making Dutch dishes with our given Dutch Christmas recipes.

1. Scallop and Mushroom Parmentiere Recipe

• Ingredients:
  • 500 gram "traditional" mashed potatoes
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 200 g of boletus mushrooms, diced
  • 8 large scallops
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

• Preparation:
  • First, you need to prepare mashed potatoes, by using milk and butter
  • After this, you need to add 1 big tablespoon of olive oil and garlic
  • Keep the pan hot at 175 degrees
  • Now, you have to dice scallops as well as sauté them in a pan with remaining olive oil for 30 seconds
  • Now, you need to season with pepper and salt and set it aside in a warm place
  • Use similar frying pan to reheat sauteed mushrooms
  • Place a layer of mashed potato in an oven dish. Alternate with scallops and mushrooms layers
  • You can adorn the surface of the dish making use of spatula
  • Sprinkle top with golden bread crumbs
  • Now, you need to add olive oil and put in the oven to brown at 400 degrees for 10 minutes

2. Wafer Crepes Recipe

• Ingredients:
  • 6 eggs
  • 500g strong flour
  • 2 packets of vanilla sugar (2tsp)
  • ¼ litre milk mixed with ¼ litre water
  • 70g melted salted butter
  • Garnishing items you need like chocolate, syrup, sugar, compote and jam

• Methodology:
  • First, you need to place flour into a bowl. Pour beaten eggs as well as vanilla sugar and butter in and begin mixing
  • Now, you need to start incorporating milk until it gets to the correct consistency means not too thin or too thick
  • If you see few lumps then do not worry. Pass your batter through a sieve
  • After this, you need to cover batter and let it reset for 1 hour at least
  • Now, you need to cook your crepes on an oiled pan by quickly spreading the batter on the entire surface of your pan
  • After this, you need to cool for 10 seconds and flip over and cook for more 10 seconds and clear into on a plate

There are two methods to prepare water crepes. When you cook crepes over a low heat, your crepes get crispy, whereas, if you cook your pancakes over a high heat then they will be soft. Many people prefer taking a plate and add new crepe. They also sprinkle some caster sugar on it and then put another plate on the top side of the last one.