Netherlands
Photo: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, croppedStroopwafel
/ˈstroːpˌʋaːfəl/STROPE-vah-ful
Recording: Marcel coenders, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Taste
- Sweet
- Made with
- Wheat & flour
History
A stroopwafel is two thin, crisp waffles pressed together with a layer of warm caramel syrup, the stroop. It is tied to the town of Gouda, where bakers are said to have made the first ones in the late 18th or early 19th century from leftover crumbs and scraps sweetened with syrup, a cheap treat for the poor. That origin story is told locally and is hard to prove, but Gouda bakeries were making and selling them in numbers by the 19th century. Fresh ones are pressed at markets and eaten warm; at home, the Dutch rest a stroopwafel on top of a hot cup of coffee or tea so the steam softens the caramel.
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