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Spekdik, large bacon and sausage pancake

Spekdik, large bacon and sausage pancake

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A traditional New Year’s specialty from the northern Netherlands: a thick rye bread, made with milk and eggs, baked with smoked bacon and dried sausage.

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Recipe from JopkeB, Inge Habex, Erik Baas and 9 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Spekdik is a type of thick pancake, eaten during New Year’s in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. The batter is prepared the day before.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting12 hr
  • Total12 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCook in a cast iron skillet or frying pan.
  • Estimated cost$31.36 $2.61 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

12 people
  • $17.60
  • $1.98
  • $0.08
  • $1.20
  • $3.19
  • $0.10
  • $1.18
  • $6.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. The day before, mix the flour and milk. ≈ 4 min
  2. The next day, thoroughly incorporate all the other ingredients into the dough, except for the bacon and sausage. ≈ 4 min
  3. Coat the spekdik pan with lard. ≈ 3 min
  4. Cook the dough with the sausage and bacon slices in a cast iron skillet.
  5. Without using iron, cook the spekdik in a frying pan, with a small amount of butter.

The bill

Spekdik, large bacon and sausage pancake

  • 2 kg of rye flour or whole-wheat flour$17.60
  • 2 liters of milk$1.98
  • a pinch of salt$0.08
  • 250 g of light brown sugar$1.20
  • 8 eggs$3.19
  • 30 g of melted butter or margarine$0.10
  • a large piece of bacon$1.18
  • 3 dry sausages$6.03

Total$31.36

that's $2.61 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 2 kg of rye flour or whole-wheat flour
  • 2 liters of milk
  • a pinch of salt
  • 250 g of light brown sugar
  • 300 to 400g of smoked bacon
  • 8 eggs
  • 30 g of melted butter or margarine
  • a large piece of bacon
  • 3 dry sausages

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