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Dutch mini speculoos cookies or kruidnootjes

Dutch mini speculoos cookies or kruidnootjes

  A bowl of these little cookies on the table will be mysteriously (?) empty at the end of the morning. Very dangerous! But even so,  I always bake a batch of these Dutch mini speculoos cookies or kruidnootjes tot the Dutch holiday Sinterklaas. It is…

Mexican tomatillo salsa verde

Mexican tomatillo salsa verde

  The last crop from my tiny city greenhouse, small green tomatillos, ended up in the food processor to make a fresh Mexican tomatillo salsa verde. My son Noah’s idea! Soon I will tidy up and clean the greenhouse. It will keep my pomegranate and…

Matsutake mushroom

Matsutake mushroom

For years I had been curious about the taste of the matsutake, the most coveted mushroom in Japan. There they are sometimes sold for more than 1500 euros per kilo and are becoming increasingly rare. This week I tasted my first one and WOW!!!… what…

Elderflower infused honey

Elderflower infused honey

I don’t really dare to call this a recipe! All you need to do is to put honey or agave syrup and elderflower blossom in a jar and wait … But the result is so delicious and aromatic that I still will tell you how…

Sourdough pizza margherita

Sourdough pizza margherita

  _______________________________ Who doesn’t love pizza! Of course you can make pizza with dried yeast or baker’s yeast, but if you have some bread starter in your fridge, you can just as easily make the most delicious sourdough pizza Margherita. Just as crispy with nicely…