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- noun
Traditional Dutch treats resemblingfluffy pancakes , made withyeast andbuckwheat flour .
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Examples
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And if, for some unfathomable reason, beer (yes, beer) and frites on Sunday morning aren't your thing, the DC Dutch Club will be making "poffertjes" on venue.
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We normally head to the Night Market on Wednesdays over summer, which is where I first discovered poffertjes.
En hoe is het in Melbourne? « The expat numbat: from AU to NL 2009
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Those 'takoyaki' looking pancakes are called 'poffertjes' po-fel-che's in Holland - my favorite from my childhood...
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I can also highly recommend poffertjes, which are similar to silver-dollar pancakes but are easily twenty times more delicious.
Amsterdam, Part Three: Little Tastes - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I like the pizza-sized, thin pancakes you find in Holland though I think they go slightly overboard on the toppings, but poffertjes are uniquely delicious.
Amsterdam, Part Three: Little Tastes - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I did finally find some authentic poffertjes though and expensive they were too, so that made it worth the trip.
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It was pretty much the same as Tilburg I recognised a lot of the ride workers and my poffertjes mates were also there but a lot smaller.
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Or when you go to eat 'poffertjes,' which look so tempting, and with the first bite find
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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A man in a white apron stood before a stove in the tent and was busily frying, for there were crowds of boys and girls in front, all there to buy poffertjes for their pennies.
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One of the tents sold poffertjes, tiny round cakes made of flour and milk, whose delicious fragrance now greeted them.
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