Bruschetta refers to the bread. Just the bread. Whatever goes on top is just extra.
The word bruschetta is Italian, and it s derived from the verb bruscare. That means to char or toast. Bruschetta is a word that the Italians invented to describe stale sliced bread which had been toasted and doused in olive oil, garlic, and salt. The tomato topping commonly associated with bruschetta isn’t a part of its traditional meaning, but in modern times it has. It includes diced tomatoes, garlic, onion, basil, and sometimes mozzarella cheese.
Dutch Potato Salad also called Huzaren Salade or as we called it at home Slaatje is a traditional Dutch dish presented at twelve o’clock at night. This salad is only called Huzaren Salade in the Netherlands. In the rest of the world they call a salad of meat, potatoes, pickles, onion, dressing and some mayonnaise on top, a Russian salad. The origin of the Huzaren Salade is – as is the case with many dishes – not completely known. Hussars were originally Hungarian horsemen, who camped in the Austrian army to fight against the Turks. It was impossible to make fire in the battle area, because they had to remain unseen. Therefore, the hussars took food that they had prepared in advance. Such as cold salads with potatoes, vegetables and meat. This is how these salads got the name Hussar salad.
My mother used to make Macaroni a different way then it’s prepared here in the USA. Here they would call this recipe Goulash. Once in a while she would make it on a Saturday. The way she used to make it was with a box of Honig Macaroni mix. Since I can’t get that here, I improvised.
Ingredients
2 (14.5 oz)cans diced tomatoes
1 (6 oz)can tomato paste
1 bell pepper or half green and half red pepper
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp dried basil
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tsp paprika
1 leek
4 cooked strips of bacon
1 tbsp chicken base
2 cups of water
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp sugar
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
For the meatballs 2 slices of bread 1 tray of ground beef that’s about 1½ lb (preferably 97% or 93%) 1 egg ½ cup of bread crumbs 1 small onion, minced ½ tsp salt ½ tsp curry powder ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp chili paste or pepper 1 tsp parsley.
Instructions
1. Peel wash and cut all your vegetables.
2. Cut the bacon in small pieces and fry in a skillet. Set aside and use the grease for frying the meatballs.
3. Prepare the meatballs. Take the bread and add enough milk so the bread is saturated. Break the bread up.
4. Add to the ground beef a small minced onion, egg, salt, curry powder, nutmeg, parsley, chili paste and the bread crumbs. Roll small meatballs.
5. Fry the meatballs in the bacon grease. When the meatballs are done take them out of the skillet, set aside. Add the vegetables to the skillet and cook till translucent. Add 1 can of tomato paste and cook for about 2 minutes.
6. Put the 2 cans of diced tomatoes to a pot add oregano, basil, paprika, the prepared bacon and the sugar to the pot. Then add the chicken base, 2 cups of water and the cooked vegetables and the meatballs. Simmer on low for about 2 hours. Before serving the macaroni sauce to the noodles add 1 tbsp of butter.
Cook the noodles according package instructions. Now you can add the sauce to the noodles or pour over the top.
Dutch Style Macaroni
My mother used to make Macaroni a different way then it’s prepared here in the USA. Here they would call this recipe Goulash. Once in a while she would make it on a Saturday. The way she used to make it was with a box of Honig Macaroni mix. Since I can’t get that here I improvised.
1tray of ground beef that’s about 1 1/2 lbpreferably 97% or 93%
1egg
1/2cupof bread crumbs
1small onionminced
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspcurry powder
1/2tspnutmeg
1/2tspchili paste or pepper
1tspparsley
Instructions
Peel wash and cut all your vegetables.
Cut the bacon in small pieces and fry in a skillet. Set aside and use the grease for frying the meatballs.
Prepare the meatballs. Take the bread and add enough milk so the bread is saturated. Break the bread up.
Add to the ground beef a small minced onion, salt, curry powder, nutmeg, parsley, chili paste and the bread crumbs. Roll small meatballs.
Fry the meatballs in the bacon grease. When the meatballs are done take them out of the skillet, set aside. Add the vegetables to the skillet and cook till translucent. Add 1 can of tomato paste and cook for about 2 minutes.
Put the 2 cans of diced tomatoes to a pot add oregano, basil, paprika, the prepared bacon and the sugar to the pot.
Then add the chicken base, 2 cups of water and the cooked vegetables and the meatballs. Simmer on low for about 2 hours. Before serving the macaroni sauce to the noodles add 1 tbsp of butter.
Cook the noodles according package instructions. Now you can add the sauce to the noodles or pour over the top.
First time I ate these taco’s was from the food truck on Summer Road Memphis named TACOnganas. They are really good but pricey. They are $2,50 each and a small tub with Consome is $5,00. Now you can make your own 🙂
