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Dutch
recipes
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Zuid-Holland
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Strudel
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Recipe with cheese
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Cumin cheese pie
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Minced beef strudel
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- 300 GRAM PUFF PASTRY
- 200 GRAM CUMIN CHEESE, grated
- 150 GRAM BACON, in strips
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 1 CUP CREAM
- 3 EGGS
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- 300 GRAM PUFF PASTRY
- 400 GRAM MINCED BEEF
- 150 GRAM CHICKEN LIVERS, cut
in quarters
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 1 SWEET PEPPER, cut
- 2 TBSP BREAD CRUMBS
- 100 GRAM BACON, cubed
- 1 EGG
- 1/2 TSP THYME
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Roll out the puff pastry and line a greased pie mould
with it. Stir fry the onions five minutes; add the bacon and stir fry
5 minutes more; put this mixture on the pastry. Distribute three quarters
of the cheese on top. Whisk the eggs with the cream and pour this mixture
on the cheese. Bake the pie 30 minutes at 180 degrees
Celsius. Sprinkle the remaining
cheese on top and bake 5 minutes more.
On 8
February 1575, Prince William of Orange established the University
of Leiden, the oldest in
The Netherlands. It
has the motto "Praesidium Libertatis" (Bastion of Freedom). Click on
culinary calendar for more links
between cooking and history.
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Stir fry the onion, the bacon and the sweet pepper
for 5 minutes. Add the chicken liver and fry 5 minutes more. Put this
together with the minced beef, bread crumbs, egg and thyme. Roll the
puff pastry into a large rectangle and arrange the meat mixture in the
middle. Close the dough to a strudel form. Bake half an hour at 200
degrees Celsius in the oven, take
the strudel out and wait 5 minutes before cutting.
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