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Fresh Fruit Stroopwafel Tarts Recipe
September 15, 2006 | by Heidi | Filed under Dessert Recipes, Quick Recipes
The stars aligned last weekend and over the course of forty-eight hours I experienced the enviable collision of good friends visiting from Los Angeles, plenty of free time, good enough weather to bar-b-que, and multiple boxes of stroopwafels arriving (as if by miracle) in my kitchen.
I've had stroopwafels on my mind ever since I was in Amsterdam earlier this year and Misha insisted I seek out the delicate, caramel-filled Dutch specialties at Banketbakkerij Tearoom Lanskroon. I brought two dozen back to the U.S. for friends wrapped in waxed paper and twine. Unfortunately (for my SF friends) it's a long, long plane ride and not many made it back to terra firma - but the passengers sitting near me on the KLM flight were sure happy.
Coffee stop: Jesus and Silvio hanging out on the curb in front of Blue Bottle in Hayes Valley (top). Photos by Lanha.
Back to present day - after a day of Matthew Barney, picture taking, grocery gathering, and lots of talking everyone congregated in our kitchen for a semi-impromptu potluck. We made our way through a number of wonderful cheeses, plenty of free flowing wine, and a huge spread of food.
Photo ops: Lanha and Wayne humor me before we eat. You might see these shots in a book next spring! Thanks guys. Photos by Lanha and Wayne.
At one point I turned around to find Robin gingerly slicing the most fragrant apples I've ever had cross into my kitchen. There were stroopwafels just to the side of her and I was intrigued. When I asked what she was going to do with them, she explained. She would slather each cookie with a bit of sweetened mascarpone, and then top each one with slices of apples and pears, and then top that with a honey-sweetened compote of chopped plums, apples, and pears. A simple, delicious dessert that takes under five minutes to pull together.
Lulu, Robin, and I then launched into a conversation about all the other ways you could serve this throughout the year. Spice up the mascarpone and go the fig route with a bit of black pepper. Strawberries and mint would be delicious (and pretty) as well. We also agreed that putting the stroopwafels under the broiler for just a few seconds before adding the toppings would make the insides warm and gooey.
Overall a fantastic evening with some of my favorite people, and the perfect way to wrap up the summer (I'm still in denial that summer is actually over).
Fresh Fruit Stroopwafel Tarts
Stroopwafels go by different names here (I've seen them called honey wafers), and have different fillings ranging from caramel to honey or hazelnut. Look for them at natural food stores for starters.
apples, pears, plum (or whatever seasonal fruit you'd like)
a small tub of mascarpone cheese
vanilla extract
sugarhoney (or agave nectar)
stroopwafel cookies
Place the stroopwafels under a broiler or in a toaster oven just until their fillings heat up.
Sweeten the mascarpone with a bit of sugar (or other sweetener of your choice). Stir in a small splash of vanilla (you could also explore different liquors at this step). Spread a layer of the mascarpone across each stroopwafel.
Slice half of the fruit into thin pretty pieces and arrange on top of each tart (see photo). Cut the rest of the fruit into smaller pieces and toss in a small bowl with a bit of honey. Arrange this on top of the slices. Drizzle with a bit more honey and enjoy.
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rachel said:I love the name!
Those look heavenly. I wonder if Whole Foods or Trader Joe's would carry stroopwafels?
The whole event and the food sounds fabu!
Thanks again for the photo lesson, I'm still practicing when I can find time with natural light (which is getting harder to do with winter approaching!) It's already seeing improvement though! >^.^
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine gifted me at christmas with a pretty blue and white tin of these--they were from TJs. Don't know if they sell them all the time though.
Ah nice idea! I have such great memories with stroopwafelen. From being in Amsterdam or having a Dutch friend as best friend. The funny part is to know what to do when the stroopwafel falls in your tea, as you might have seen (or done it) that Dutch people place them on top of their mug of tea, so that the caramel melts. Fun!
I can see somebody with an eye on Edvard Mybridge. That picture scares me. Memories!
But the really good thing is I have been offered a new job so I don't need to worry about that place anymore.
Stroopwaffel tarts?! Brilliant.
April-Lyn, I order mine here: http://www.caramelcookiewaffles.com/
I've had the real deal over in the Netherlands, and these taste pretty authentic.
How was the movie? I can't wait to see it!
They look delicious!
Heidi, I've really been enjoying your blog. Nothing to do with stroopwaffel, but I want to tell you how much I appreciate your choosing Richard Olney's Simple French Food and French Menu Cookbook. I scooped those up in the 70's when they first came out, and they remain standards for my business. He was a fantastically interesting writer, and a hugely fussy but unerring thinker about food and recipe developer. It's great he's getting more exposure here. Thanks!
Great idea.
What if i want to make stroopwafel cookies at home. Does anyone know how?
thanks.
My favourite way to eat stroopwafels is to place one on top of my hot coffee cup in the morning and wait until the hot steam from the coffee melts the filling (apparently that's what the Dutch do?)
Broiler-mascarpone-fruit version sounds tempting, too!
Currently living in Amsterdam I'm fortunate enough to have an endless supply of Stroopwafels. However, this wasn't always the case, as my brother, sister, and i had to trek them from my grandma's to our home in SF as kids. Now it seems that every time I enter the US I carry several packs for friends and family.
The late night munchies once led to my friends and I coming up with a similar recipe, a modified ice cream sandwich with two stroop wafels, nutella, vanilla ice cream and fresh fruit....strawberries, mangoes, raspberries, you choose.
And finally, last year Trader Joe's carried packs of mini stroopwafels. For all of you craving those delicious caramel cookies, you may want to check if they're still there.
PS. I swear my brother Geoff invented the 15s stroop wafel in the toaster - unfortunately it took lots of burnt ones to get the timing correct
ooh, black pepper and fig sounds good -- with a port reduction drizzled over! mmmm.
i'll have to give these a shot, now that i have a new community of people i need to convince i'm a good cook. as soon as the words "sweetened mascarpone" are in a dessert recipe, as far as i'm concerned, you're nearly done.
I used to be able to get stroopwafels made with butter at my local Asian market, but now it seems that all I find are ones made with margarine. If anyone knows where I can get ones with butter, please e-mail me!
They have some at Whole Foods right now that have a honey and/or maple filling, but it's not as good as the caramel.
The TJ's mini stroopwafels are pretty good!
STROOPWAFELS!!!! I was in the Netherlands and for a couple weeks this summer! I LOVE 'em - we at tons of 'em - lol (I'm paying for it now :) ) It is one of the traditions we did not inherit in South Africa :(
Lang leef die Orange Staat!!!
TJs has also has an interesting substitute if they don't carry the STROOPWAFELS they are called BUTTER WAFFLE COOKIES and are filled with dark chocolate not caramel. They are from Belgium. They are the larger size not the minis.
Wayne said:Holly, the movie was prettty good, though I think I prefer some of the Cremaster movies. You'll want to read Culiblog's review of it, which approaches it from the food angle:
http://www.culiblog.org/2006/02/drawing-restraint-dragging-ambergris/
M said:I recalled that a while back King Arthur Flour had a recipe for stroopwafel in their catalog, and that they used pizzelle for the wafel. Here's a link.
Looks great. Good food and friends, can't beat that.
Wow, these look amazing. I think the fig idea sounds wonderful. Sounds like a memorable, wonderful weekend. Isn't amazing how food can make life so much more fun!
One of my Stroopwafel-informed colleagues just pointed me to this page - fantastic. You might want to know that the city in Holland that is famous for Stroopwafels is Gouda - where I was born and bread. Oh yes, it's not just Cheese! There's Stroopwafels and candles too (there is a great little tucked away shop near the StJan church which does handmade candles that are just... amazing.)
Anyway, you'll often see 'Goudse Stroopwafels' on packaging ('Goudse' meaning 'from Gouda'). If you would like to be a Stroopwafel-snob though, the very very best (at least according to my family and me) are 'Kamphuisen' stroopwafels (they're actually quite different but oh-so-good). It's a secret recipe, that won loads of awards (mainly in the 19th century ;-) and only one shop sells them. For more 'classic' Stroopwafels, 'van Vliet' are the best:http://www.vd-berg.nl/siroopwafels/index.htm
All sites in Dutch - sorry about that. If you're desperately curious about any of the contents, drop me a line... there's a recipe there too I just noticed...
Hmm think I need to go home soon and stock up...
Ooooh. You had a YUMMY weekend. Love the photo diary of all the fun activities...
Heidi,
Your shots are always so simple but perfect! The tarts look just delicious; I can't believe summer is ending either...
Well, I've been a lurker on this site for a while, but I saw this post and had to comment. I just got a package of stroopwaffles on Clement Street at the May Wah grocery. They have a section for british food, although still no brown sauce.
wow, having lived in Belgium, I once had unlimited access to stroopwafels among many other types of wafels, and now at home in Australia we fortunately can find them in the deli section of just about every supermarket, but i'd never thought of doing this with them. it sounds great - a great way to take the edge off the almost too sweet taste. I'm so excited that i discovered your site when i did.
Am still trying to drum up a Dutch husband (dial-a-dutch-darling?) so that I have an excuse to get fat on Stroopwafels. Had them for the first time in A'dam a few weeks ago, brought three packets back to Prague and they disappeared quickly (only to reappear around my hips - blast!).
Good idea with the whole marscapone/fruit plan. Will have to go back to the city of canals shortly...if ONLY to collect more packets of delicious, wafery, caramelly goodness.
Oh, and has anyone ever worked out the nutritional value of these babies? I'm wondering - since one *alone* seems to weigh in at a hefty 250g!!!
rk said:ik houd van stroopwafels. you can find them at whole foods, for sure. they are too pricey there though. i have never seen them at TJs. in fact, i've never seen them at anything near a dutch-esque price in the U.S.
Now there's a nummy-sounding idea =D I'll have to ask my stroopwafel dealer to get me some and make her come visit me *grin*
I never thought of doing anything more than warming them with a mug of tea and eating them!
My husband calls them "health waffles", heheheh.
Gigi said:Very occasionally you can find them at random places like Marshall's or TJ Maxx in their gourmet food section......it's a rare treat when you can find them, and I've found pretty tasty ones there!
I read by coincidence all your enthousiasm for Stroopwafels, so i couldn't resist typing "stroopwafels" into search of Google.nl (i,m from Holland)
Within seconds i found the simple recipe underneath.
Ask your Dutch friends to translate it for you. Name of the site is:
www.stroopwafelshop.com
success in prepairing them.
RECEPT
Ingredienten wafels (12 stuks):
zout
300g rietsuiker
450g boter
3 eieren
3 el melk
600g bloem
kaneel
Ingredienten stroop: 600g rietsuiker
300g boter
Bereiding
Meng de suiker met de eieren, melk , bloem, kaneel, zout en in stukjes gesneden boter. Vorm hiervon 12 kleine balletjes.
Verwarm het wafelijzer voor. Druk een deegbal in het ijzer. Bak de wafel in ca. 30 seconden.
Snij de wafel doormidden in 2 dunne wafels en bestrijk beide zijden met de stroop en boter.
Smakelijk eten!
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