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in 2004 I went to the Keukenhof Gardens, I eat a wonderful dessert. It was a plate of small nugget like donuts type things, that were cooked on a special flat top style grid and served with powdered sugar and a side of fruit compote. Can anyone tell me what these were called? Thank you: kmccormick46@hotmail.com
I'll bet they were poffertjes, We had them for dessert in Amsterdam at a place called De Prins only ours had a drizzle of maple syrup and came with ice cream. Yummy!
Used to love poffertjes when I was working in Dorderecht I even borrowed one of those griddle things and tried to cook some myself but could never turn them all over in time before some of them got over cooked.
But better still were those small balls full of whipped cream/slag room yum. definately much better bakeries in NL than UK.
"small balls full of whipped cream"
those would've been 'soesjes' or choux pastries.
Actually, poffertjes are not really a dessert. Dutchies could contest me on that but I grew up eating them as a snack. Say, instead of an ice cream. Also instead of cake when having a coffee.
I do bake them regularly, sometimes even for breakfast (bad! bad!). My favourite topping is icing sugar and a generous lashing of butter.
