Cart
Your cart is empty

asian kitchen

baby

baking

breadspread

breakfast

candy

coffee and tea

delicacy

drinks

easter

meals

sauces

snacks

soups

Dutch gifts

spices

Express delivery

organic products

All Brands

All Shop Information
Share this page
Yummy Dutch on Facebook


RSS
home » blog » borstplaat


Borstplaat

Tuesday, 27th November 2012 - Last updated on: Saturday, 8th December 2012

Borstplaat
Typical Dutch Sinterklaas delicacies are ofcourse kruidnoten and chocolate letters. But here is a receipe for something delicious you can make at home. It's called Borstplaat, a sugar candy that is really popular in Holland. Specialised bakeries produce a wide range of borstplaat figures this season. All kinds of animals, Sinterklaas himself of course, hearts. It makes a really pretty picture when you go shopping this season. So try it at home!

  • 1 kilogram sugar (the regular granulated type)
  • 125 milliliters cream
  • 175 milliliters milk
  • 20 grams butter

Preparation: Melt the sugar slowly in a pan. Be careful, don't burn it! When it gets liquid, you add the other ingredients. Use a wooden spoon for this. Cook it for about 5 minutes. The mixture should get 'sticky'. My grandma would say 'when it becomes woolly'. That's the moment when the mixture foams: it gets thicker and sticks to the pan. If you poor it, it becomes a thread. Cover a baking tin with some baking paper and poor the mixture in. Let it dry for a while, so you can cut it.

Variations:
Add cacao powder to produce brown colored Borstplaat.
Add vanilla to add a nice vanilla taste to it.

Written bij DelicaTessa



Tags: sinterklaas, sugar, borstplaat

be the first to add a comment
add to favorites


» To be able to add comments or favorites you need a Yummy Dutch account «
Returning customers log in below

Use your email to log in

why create an account?