Everytime I go to department store De
Bijenkorf I admire their pies. They inspire me for my own pie presentations. Something baroque such as the fruit pie above (it looks like an old Dutch painting doesn't it) ? Or do you prefer the elegant and minimalist below ?
I always photograph food (and especially sweets) when I go abroad. I have amazing photos from Istanbul to Stockholm, from Antwerpen to Valencia. But this blog is about Dutch things. I always found these pies from de Bijenkorf
haute couture. And... no, I do not have a sweet tooth. I just think making pies and decorating them veeery exciting !
The sumptuous and round shape pies above and below are called "boule" (ball). They can be made of mousse or bavarois.
If you wish to start baking amazing, I mean really fantastic Dutch pies (sweet and harty) I highly recommend you the following little book:
Taart, zoet & hartig (Inmerc bv., Wormer ISBN 90 6611 258 1). There are also several international recipes. I have made some and the result was always perfect. Btw.. I love also other books of this collection such as "Tapas" and "Koken op z'n Belgisch" - excellent.
In this book you also find wine suggestions and nutritional information. You even discover how to make the famous "boules". I think cooking is an interesting way of discovering other cultural habits and socializing with the natives - why not ? Let's bake !
Everytime I go to department store De Bijenkorf I admire their pies. They inspire me for my own pie presentations. Something baroque such as the fruit pie above (it looks like an old Dutch painting doesn't it) ? Or do you prefer the elegant and minimalist below ?
I always photograph food (and especially sweets) when I go abroad. I have amazing photos from Istanbul to Stockholm, from Antwerpen to Valencia. But this blog is about Dutch things. I always found these pies from de Bijenkorf haute couture. And... no, I do not have a sweet tooth. I just think making pies and decorating them veeery exciting !
The sumptuous and round shape pies above and below are called "boule" (ball). They can be made of mousse or bavarois.
If you wish to start baking amazing, I mean really fantastic Dutch pies (sweet and harty) I highly recommend you the following little book: Taart, zoet & hartig (Inmerc bv., Wormer ISBN 90 6611 258 1). There are also several international recipes. I have made some and the result was always perfect. Btw.. I love also other books of this collection such as "Tapas" and "Koken op z'n Belgisch" - excellent.
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