Broeder
{{Short description|Traditional Dutch dish}}
{{for|the surname Broeder|Broder}}
Broeder (also known as Jan in de Zak and pork) is a traditional Dutch dish whose central ingredient is buckwheat flour.
Name
Broeder is the Dutch word for brother; this is how the dish is commonly known in West-Friesland.{{cite web|url=https://www.westfriesgenootschap.nl/archivering/ach_lieve_tijd_west-friesland/alt_wf_301.php|accessdate=12 December 2018|title=Ach lieve tijd: Twintig eeuwen West-Friesland, de Westfriezen en hun dagelijks leven|publisher=Westfries Genootschap|language=nl}} "Jan in de zak", or "John in a bag", refers to the cooking method: the batter is boiled or steamed in a cotton bag;{{cite news|newspaper=Trouw|url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/pork-of-jan-in-de-zak-~a9c855af/|title=Pork (of Jan in de zak)|date=2 May 2009|language=nl}} the name is attested in West-Friesland and Drenthe.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNIRaK2rUskC&pg=PA493|title=Woordenboek van de Drentse dialecten, A-L|first=Geert Hendrik|last=Kocks|isbn=9789023231783|publisher=Van Gorcum|year=1996|page=493|language=nl}} The work "pork", attested in Drenthe and Twente as a name for the dish, also means "small child".
Ingredients and preparation
The dish, which is also described as a "cooked bread", is made with buckwheat flour, wheat flour, eggs, salt, and milk, and leavened with yeast. Raisins, currants, and succade are frequent additions.{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/home/recept-europees-streekgerecht-jan-in-de-zak~a59a8746/|newspaper=Trouw|accessdate=12 December 2018|title=Recept Europees streekgerecht: Jan-in-de-zak|first=Janny|last=de Moor|date=26 July 2007|language=nl}} The batter is poured into a cotton bag (frequently a pillow case), whose inside is floured lightly; the bag is closed and then cooked in a pot of boiling water. When done, it is sliced and served with butter and syrup.
The dish resembles kig ha farz, a dish from Brittany, which differs from broeder mostly in the addition of a piece of meat.{{cite web|url=http://www.bretagne-vakantie.bzh/ontdek-de-bestemmingen/roze-granietkust-baai-van-morlaix/moet-je-zien/plouescat-en-de-cote-des-sables|accessdate=12 December 2018|language=nl|title=Plouescat en de Côte des Sables|publisher=Bretagne}}