Chard

Chard is a leafy green vegetable often used in Mediterranean cooking. In some, the leaf stalks are large and are often prepared separately from the leaf blade. The leaf blade can be green or reddish in colour;  the leaf stalks also vary in colour, usually white, yellow, or red. Chard has been bred to have highly nutritious leaves and is considered to be one of the most healthful vegetables available, making it a popular addition to healthy diets (like other green leafy vegetables).  Chard has been around for centuries, but because of its similarity to beets and some other vegetables such as cardoon, the common names used by cooks over the centuries can be quite confusing.

The word "Swiss" was used to distinguish chard from French spinach varieties by 19th century seed catalogue publishers. Chard is very popular among Mediterranean cooks. The first varieties have been traced back to Sicily.

Fresh young chard can be used raw in salads. Mature chard leaves and stalks are typically cooked or sauteed; their bitterness fades with cooking, leaving a refined flavour which is more delicate than that of cooked spinach.

 


Bilder & de Clercq's new recipes week 28

As you may know by now, we are the chefs behind Amsterdam hotspot, Bilder & de Clercq. Every week we develop 3 new recipes for the stores and we'll be keeping you updated with the week's newest recipes. This weeks new recipes are:

Italian PepperTomato gaots cheese tartSteak green peppercorn


Brandrood Cheese

Brandrood cattle are an old Dutch breed. The cattle is farmed on the Kernhem estate in Ede.

All milk produced by these magnificent animals is turned into cheese. It produces a hard cheese weighing 11 - 18kg and aged for at least 6 months under special conditions.

Brandrood are real, pure cows, characteristics that are also found in the cheese they produce. It is an original cheese with a natural rind and a pronounced soft nutty flavour with a lasting after taste.

This cheese available from Lindenhoff.

For more information please visit Brandrood kaas.


For the Love of Cooking

If there's one thing we'd like to bring across to you on this website, it's for our love of food and cooking.

Whether you are an amateur or have been cooking for years, you can always learn something new. And that's something we try and do every day.

We hope that you will join us in our culinary journey. We aim to showcase not only the best that Amsterdam has to offer but also The Netherlands as a whole.

As they say in Dutch; 'eet smakelijk'.


Lindenhoff marche

Living in Europe we are spoilt by the array of beautiful cheeses we can get. There is nothing better than a selection of different cheeses, good wine and fresh, crunchy bread. It's a meal in itself.

Some of the best cheeses are available from Lindenhoff in Baambrugge. They are our preferred supplier for all fresh ingredients for our caterings and dinners.

Their marche is open to the public from Wednesday to Saturday.

For more information please visit Lindenhoff.


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