Croquettes-making workshop at Frituur Van Gogh!

This ragout-filled delicacy from Frituur Van Gogh was voted the best croquette in the country by Krokettentest in 2020. Arn Zuyderduin, the owner, explains at the start of the workshop that the product didn’t just come about by chance. In 2014, he spent nine months working on the recipe with a real “croquette test” team. Like a true Willy Wonka of snacks, he’s now opening his doors to share the result with us!

The workshop will be held at Het Kookcollege on the Isselt business park. To get things started, Arn will explain step by step what we’ll be doing this afternoon and where all the ingredients come from. In fact, all the ingredients used for this croquette are locally sourced!

The croquette now comes in five different flavors to taste, but we're going with the familiar beef croquette. Vegetarians not to worry: the course is also available with the vegetarian version. And that is certainly no less delicious!

Making a croquette may seem simple, but it certainly isn't! Arn and his colleagues explain that the croquette cannot be made in one day because of the rising of the ragout. Also, quite a bit of butter is needed to cook the flour. This works best with as little moisture in the butter as possible. The croquette is at its best when it is also left in the refrigerator overnight after breadcrumbing. So you'll learn all the facts about making croquettes.

What makes this croquette so special? We share with you all the ingredients that make this savory snack so unique. This is because with the free-range beef is added broth, celeriac, carrot, mace, bay leaf and mustard. So you can imagine that making it takes quite a while, but most of all, it's very enjoyable. Everywhere has been thought about. We learned that the neck meat of the cow is used because it is the most flavorful.

In between, we’re treated to some delicious fries from the Frituur van Gogh fire truck. Frituur Van Gogh also has food trucks that you’ll find at various festivals in the coming months, such as Lepeltje Lepeltje, Into the Woods, and Wildenburg. The fire truck is available for hire at smaller events such as weddings and corporate parties.

After the well-deserved snack break, we continue rolling and then breadcrumbing the croquette. It's so much fun to watch our homemade croquettes (and bitterballs!) go into the fryer and then come out VERRUKKY. They were almost as tasty as at Frituur Van Gogh itself!

At the end of the master class, you get to take home the recipe, your homemade ragout and golden brown breadcrumbs. That way you can be the croquette chef at home with your friends and family! Check out our TikTok for a little impression.