How to pronounce Groninger koek

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈɣroːnɪŋər ˈkuk/. In plain English letters that is KHROH-ning-er KOOK, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Groninger koek?

Groninger koek is a dessert of the Netherlands. Where it comes from: Groningen. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.

Where Groninger koek comes from

Groninger koek is one of 30 signature dishes of the Netherlands on this map.

• Stroopwafel · Dessert · Gouda

  A stroopwafel is two thin, crisp waffles pressed together with a layer of warm caramel syrup, the stroop.

• Hollandse Nieuwe Hollandse nieuwe haring · Street food · North Sea coast

  Hollandse Nieuwe is the first herring of the season, caught in the North Sea in late spring when the fish are fat before spawning.

• Stamppot · Main dish · Holland

  Stamppot means "mash pot": potatoes boiled and mashed together with one or more vegetables, such as kale (boerenkool), sauerkraut (zuurkool), endive or carrots and onions (hutspot).

• Frisian sugar bread Fries suikerbrood · Bread & pastry · Friesland

  Fries suikerbrood, Frisian sugar bread, is a white yeast loaf baked with large lumps of sugar mixed into the dough, up to forty per cent pearl or nib sugar, together with cinnamon and sometimes ginger syrup.

• Fryske dúmkes · Snack · Friesland

  Fryske dúmkes are small Frisian biscuits, each about the size of a thumb, which is what the name means.

• Beerenburg Berenburg · Drink · Friesland

  Beerenburg is a Dutch herbal spirit made by steeping herbs in jenever, with about thirty per cent alcohol.

Food of the Netherlands

Dishes like Groninger koek in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Groninger koek:

• Hasselt speculaas Hasseltse speculaas · Dessert · Limburg, Belgium

  Hasseltse speculaas is a spiced biscuit from Hasselt, the capital of Belgian Limburg, thicker, softer and less crisp than ordinary speculaas, with a gentler spice.

• Southern Jutland coffee table Sønderjysk kaffebord · Dessert · Southern Jutland, Denmark

  The Sønderjysk kaffebord, the Southern Jutland coffee table, is a tradition that opens with seven kinds of soft baked goods, continues with a couple of layer cakes and ends with at least seven kinds of biscuits.

• Aachener Printen · Dessert · Aachen (Rhineland), Germany

  Aachener Printen are hard, brown spiced biscuits, a kind of Lebkuchen from the city of Aachen.

• Biscuit rose de Reims · Dessert · Reims, France

  The biscuit rose de Reims is a light, dry, pink biscuit from Reims in Champagne.