Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!
Friday 25 December 2009
Saturday 5 December 2009
Speculaas
To celebrate Sinterklaasfeest, I’ve baked some Gevuld Speculaas. Not much to celebrate, but it is a good excuse to prepare this delicious Dutch pastry. It is a spiced biscuit filled with an almond paste.
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|  Australia-shaped speculaasjes made with the leftover dough. |
Sinterklaas is a traditional Winter holiday figure in the Netherlands, Aruba, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and Belgium, celebrated every year on Saint Nicholas' eve (December 5). The feast celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of, among other things, children.
 | Sinterklaas has a long red cape, wears a white bishop's dress and red mitre and holds a crosier, a long gold coloured staff with a fancy curled top. He carries a big book that tells whether each individual child has been good or naughty in the past year. He traditionally rides a white horse. |
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