# The tastiest typical Dutch food

The classics of Dutch home cooking and snack culture, chosen from Wikipedia's list of typically Dutch dishes and food guides' top tens.

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- Oct 19, 2025 · Noor Mulder
- https://even.best/en/l/202/the-tastiest-typical-dutch-food

## Top 12

1. **Stamppot boerenkool with rookworst** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mashed potatoes with kale and a smoked sausage, the ultimate winter dish.
2. **Erwtensoep (snert)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thick split pea soup with smoked sausage, so thick the spoon stands up.
3. **Bitterballen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried ragout balls with mustard, on the Dutch intangible heritage network since April 2020.
4. **Hollandse nieuwe herring** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raw herring with onions, eaten 'by the tail'; the new season starts in June.
5. **Poffertjes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small fluffy pancakes with butter and icing sugar.
6. **Pannenkoeken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Large thin pancakes with bacon, apple or syrup.
7. **Hutspot** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mash of potato, carrot and onion, eaten on 3 October for the Relief of Leiden.
8. **Kroket** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ragout in a crunchy coating, on bread or from the FEBO wall.
9. **Frikandel speciaal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Deep-fried sausage with mayonnaise, curry ketchup and onions.
10. **Kibbeling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Battered fried cod pieces with garlic sauce, from the fish market.
11. **Stroopwafels** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two thin waffles with caramel syrup, from Gouda.
12. **Hagelslag on bread** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chocolate sprinkles on buttered bread, the Dutch breakfast.
13. **Appeltaart** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Deep apple pie with butter pastry and a lattice top, with whipped cream.
14. **Zuurkoolstamppot** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mash with sauerkraut and bacon bits.

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