{"id":4615,"date":"2025-11-05T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:01:08","slug":"did-you-know-what-the-top-10-christmas-dishes-are-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/did-you-know-what-the-top-10-christmas-dishes-are-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know what the top 10 Christmas dishes are in the Netherlands?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Gourmetten
    \n<\/strong>The Dutch Christmas classic: cooking together at the table with small pans.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> potatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, root vegetables, beef and pork.<\/li>\n
  2. Rollade (pork or beef)
    \n<\/strong>A traditional favourite during Christmas dinner.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> pork or beef, carrots, parsnips, leeks.<\/li>\n
  3. Stewed pears (Gieser Wildeman)
    \n<\/strong>Sweet, soft and nostalgic \u2014 as a side dish or dessert.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> stewed pears from Dutch orchards.<\/li>\n
  4. Stamppot Deluxe (festive version of classic comfort food)
    \n<\/strong>A luxurious Christmas version of traditional Dutch fare, often with duck breast, game or mushrooms.
    \nDutch ingredients<\/em>: potato, kale, sauerkraut, winter purslane, parsnip.<\/li>\n
  5. Game dishes (such as venison or roe deer)
    \n<\/strong>Popular as a main course for those who really want to go all out at Christmas.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> game from Dutch nature reserves, beetroot, chestnut mushrooms.<\/li>\n
  6. Salmon or trout from the oven
    \n<\/strong>Fish is becoming increasingly popular at Christmas and is often prepared festively with herbs and citrus.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> Dutch trout, fennel, dill, leek.<\/li>\n
  7. Steak or roast beef with winter vegetables
    \n<\/strong>A classic that looks luxurious but feels familiar.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> beef from our own country, Brussels sprouts, salsify, potatoes.<\/li>\n
  8. Soup starter \u2014 think pumpkin, wild mushrooms or celeriac.
    \n<\/strong>A warm starter that sets the tone for the evening.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> pumpkin, celeriac, onion, winter leek, chestnut mushrooms.<\/li>\n
  9. Cheese platter (Dutch selection)
    \n<\/strong>Increasingly popular as an alternative to dessert or as a finale with wine.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> Reypenaer, Oude Beemster, regional goat’s cheese, nuts and syrup.<\/li>\n
  10. Christmas desserts with Dutch fruit
    \n<\/strong>Stewed pear crumble, apple pie, tarte tatin or curd cheese with winter fruit.
    \nDutch ingredients:<\/em> apples, pears, honey, dairy, walnuts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Eat2Gather has a delicious Dutch menu for your international guests as a Christmas cooking workshop<\/a>. Think of a classic Dutch snack platter, stewed meat, a tarte tatin of chicory and homemade apple pie. Feel free to request a quote from us with all our menus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gourmetten The Dutch Christmas classic: cooking together at the table with small pans. Dutch ingredients: potatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, root vegetables, beef and pork. Rollade (pork or beef) A traditional favourite during Christmas dinner. Dutch ingredients: pork or beef, carrots, parsnips, leeks. Stewed pears…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w-eet-jes-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eat2gather.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}