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Bitterballen

Bitterballen: what it is and where to eat it

Deep-fried, breaded meat ragout balls, a popular savory snack.

36 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Dutch

Typical ingredients

  • beef ragout
  • breadcrumbs
  • flour
  • milk
  • spices

History of the dish

bitterballen
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Bitterballen (plural of bitterbal) are a Dutch meat-based snack, made by making a very thick stew thickened with roux and beef stock and loaded with meat, refrigerating the stew until it firms, and then rolling the thick mixture into balls which then get breaded and fried.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Bitterballen” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Amsterdam · Prices in Amsterdam

Rotterdam · Prices in Rotterdam

Antwerp

Ghent

Bruges

Benidorm

  • Spice Villa PORTIE BITTERBALLEN€4.50
  • La Brisa Bitterballen (holländische frittierte Ragoutbällchen)€6.90

Ibiza

Brussels

Cologne

Helsinki

Tallinn

Costa Adeje

Innsbruck

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