Netherlands
Tosti Ham-Kaas
Order "a tosti" in a Dutch cafe without saying more and ham and cheese is what arrives. The layering is the quiet trick: cheese against both bread faces, ham trapped in the middle, the melt the glue.
Snackbar Broodje
Snack bar sandwich; any sandwich from a Dutch snack bar.
Saucijzenbroodje
Sausage roll; puff pastry around spiced sausage meat. Bakery staple.
Ragoutbroodje
Ragout roll; puff pastry filled with creamy meat ragout.
Puntje
Pointed roll; small pointed bread roll.
Pumpernickel
Thin black Westphalian rye, buttered edge to edge and topped once with herring, smoked salmon or sharp aged cheese. The Dutch word pompernikkel was a stage oath before it was a snack.
Pistolet
A small white roll with a thin cracking crust and a lengthwise slit, oblong in Dutch bakeries and round in Brussels, where the word was first recorded in 1837.
Ontbijtkoek
Breakfast cake; spiced gingerbread-like loaf, eaten with butter.
Ontbijtbroodje
Breakfast roll; any roll eaten at breakfast.
Lunchpakket
Packed lunch; sandwiches brought from home, Dutch tradition.
Limburgse Vlaai Sandwich
Vlaai (fruit pie) sometimes eaten sandwich-style; regional specialty.
Krentenbollen met Kaas
Currant rolls with cheese; traditional breakfast.
Krentenbol
Currant roll; sweet roll with currants.
Koffiebroodje
Coffee roll; a flaky spiral of pastry cream and raisins under a sugar glaze, made for the coffee break.
Kaiserbroodje
Kaiser roll; round roll with star pattern.
Kaasbroodje
Cheese roll; puff pastry with cheese baked inside.
Frikandelbroodje
Frikandel roll; puff pastry wrapped around frikandel with curry ketchup. Dutch snack bar and bakery classic.
