Knowing cooking terms in Dutch can help you both in the kitchen and at a local restaurant. You may want to be more specific about how your meal will be prepared, or maybe you’re curious about how Dutch food is cooked.
We’re going to go over common cooking verbs in Dutch and techniques. To get you started, here is your first mini-lesson.
How do you say to cook in Dutch? Cook is koken
How about food? Food in Dutch is voedsel
While in the Netherlands, you’ll have ample opportunity to enjoy Dutch cuisine. It’s delicious and unique and often incredibly healthy.
So let’s get going learning some common words to help with the art of cooking in Dutch.
Dutch Cooking Terms – Present Tense
First, we’ll go over Dutch cooking terms in present tense form. You’ll see many of these words in a Dutch cookbook, so they’re super useful if you’re learning Dutch while cooking, baking, etc.
Dutch Cooking Terms – Continuous Tense
These are cooking terms in Dutch found in the continuous tense form to help explain what you’re currently doing, were doing or will be doing. This vocabulary adds details to conversations.
Dutch Cooking Terms – Past Tense
Now for Dutch cooking vocabulary in past tense form. These verbs are great to describe how food has been cooked or prepared. You may want to also learn some Dutch adjectives to add further details to describe how something has been cooked.
Dutch Cuisine
Dutch food is different throughout the three main regions of the northeast, south and west. Mainly, dishes consist of breads, cheeses, meat, potatoes and vegetables.
However, the Dutch seem to be most well-known for their desserts and baked goods. Some examples are Poffertjes (small pancakes), Stroopwafel, and Apple Pie.
To learn more about famous Dutch recipes, have a look at our article all about delicious Dutch foods to try.
Dutch Cooking Methods
Dutch cooking incorporates many different styles although most are western techniques. In recent years in the major cities, international cooking techniques have been used to replace traditional cooking methods, which has really put the Netherlands on the world foodie scene.
Here are some cooking techniques that are used in preparing Dutch foods:
- to slow cook om langzaam te koken
- to deep fry om te frituren
- to stir fry om te roerbakken
- to braise stoven
- to broil braden
- to simmer sudderen
Dutch Eating Customs
The Dutch consider breakfast a very important meal of the day. Most people fill up on bread topped with cheese, or chocolate with sprinkles.
Lunch is almost never a hot meal but rather a grab and go eat with your hands type meal. Sandwiches and salads are really popular choices.
Dinner is eaten quite early between 5-7 pm with family sitting around a proper dinner table to eat together.
For drinks, the Dutch enjoy a good cup of coffee, tea, beer or wine.
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