Gelderland·Province
The Veluwe woods and the great rivers — game, moppen biscuits, and Arnhem girls in flaky sugar.
Gelderland
Arnhemse Meisjes
Gelderland's crisp oval biscuits — thin rounds of yeasted puff dough rolled in coarse sugar that caramelises into a shattering, glassy crust.
Stoofpeertjes
Deep-red Dutch braised pears — hard stoofpeertjes simmered slow with wine, cinnamon and clove until wine-dark and tender, served warm beside game or meat.
Spekpannenkoek
The savoury Dutch pancake — smoked bacon fried into the batter until crisp, the whole plate-sized round eaten with a thread of dark syrup over the salt.
Pannenkoeken
The wide, thin Dutch pancake that fills a whole plate — supple, lace-edged, eaten sweet with stroop or savoury with bacon and cheese. A meal, not a stack.
Hazenpeper
The old Dutch game braise — hare marinated in red wine and vinegar, then simmered dark and thickened with its own blood or a spoon of gingerbread.
