In Tulipland, tonight is a big one ‘cos it’s pakjes avond, or the ‘present night’ concluding the Sinterklaas celebrations, generally regarded as the Dutch equivalent of Christmas (or an occasion for a double-Xmas?)
Which also means, you have probably eaten a lot of kruidnoten (i.e., the the hard cookie-like confectionery flavored with speculaas) and chocolate for days. And yet, you have quite a few of such delicacies left and need to clear the cupboard up fast to make space for the upcoming Xmas sweets, like the kerststol (i.e., the traditional Dutch oval-shaped fruited Christmas bread)
Dutch-culinary lessons apart, here a kruidnoten & chocolate clear-up idea for a nice and relatevily health(ier) dessert to close off your Sinterklaas celebrations with family and friends: I called them Sinterglaasjes, made with low-fat (healthier, right?) quark, kruidnoten crumble, raisins and chocolate!
SINTERGLAASJES
Ingredients per glass
• 125 gr quark cream – made by mixing low-fat and lactose-free quark (for me) with 1-2 tbs of milk to make the quark a bit creamer
• 4 tbs kruitnoten crumble – made by crumbling using a mixer or Italian old-fashion pizza roller
• 1 tbs dark or milk chocolate finely chopped
• 1 tbs raisins (better if previously let soaking in some water)
PROCEDURE (super easy!)
In a glass, alternate the ingredients in layers as follow: half quark cream; 2 tbs kruidnoten crumblIe; raisins; remaining quark cream; 2 tbs kruidnoten crumble; chocolate.
Klaar!
Aroma di cannella 