Slavink

Slavink is a Dutch meat dish consisting usually of ground meat called "half and half" (half beef, half pork) wrapped in bacon (the Dutch equivalent of bacon is, however, not smoked), and cooked in butter or vegetable oil for about 15 minutes.^[2] A variation of the dish called blinde vink is made by wrapping ground veal in a thin veal cutlet. Slavinken and blinde vinken are usually prepared and bought at the butchery or the supermarket;^[3] a standard slavink, before cooking, weighs around 100 grams.^[1] The bacon is "glued" to the filling with transglutaminase, an enzyme that bonds proteins (and is usually extracted from animal blood).^[4]

Slavink

Two pieces of slavink
Place of origin	Netherlands
Created by	Slagerij Spoelder, Laren
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Pork, beef, bacon, butter or vegetable oil
Variations	Blinde vink (veal)
Food energy (per serving)	240 (blinde vink 140)[1] kcal
Media: Slavink

The slavink was first created by Butcher Jaap Boerwinkel in Amersfoort in 1952, and subsequently given its name by butcher Ton Spoelder in Laren, which won him an award, the "Golden Butcher's Ring." Originally, the filling of a slavink was made from smoked sausage.^[5] The term "slavink" loosely translates to lettuce finch.^[6] The term is probably an abbreviation of slagersvink, that is, a "finch" prepared by the butcher ("slager").^[5]

The slavink often emblematizes traditional Dutch cuisine, as in the book De taal van de verpleging, a Dutch-language guide for non-native nurses working in the Netherlands,^[7] and is especially favored by the older generations.^[8]

Gallery

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  Six slavinken, ready to be browned
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  Six slavinken, browned and ready for braising

References

1. Duinker-Joustra, N. (2005). Kijk op calorieën en joules: geheel vernieuwde druk. Inmerc. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-90-6611-360-2.
2. van Blommestein, Irene; Annelène van Eijndhoven; José van Mil; Paul Somberg; Fon Zwart (2002). Kook ook: het nieuwe kookboek met productinformatie, alle basistechnieken en meer dan 1400 recepten. Inmerc. p. 387. ISBN 978-90-6611-287-2.
3. Spijker, A.; T. Struijk-Wielinga (2006). Eten met plezier: dieet informatie en recepten voor nierpatiënten. Inmerc. p. 59. ISBN 978-90-6611-633-7.
4. Köhler, Wim (2008-08-22). "Gelijmde slavink" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
5. Matthey, Ignaz (2002). Vincken moeten vincken locken: vijf eeuwen vangst van zangvogels en kwartels in Holland. Verloren. p. 403. ISBN 978-90-70403-49-2.
6. "Dutch Slavinken # 1". Recipezaar. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
7. Wesdijk, J.L.; A. Berkhout (2004). De taal van de verpleging: Nederlands voor buitenlanders: vaktaal. Boom. p. 179. ISBN 978-90-5352-956-0.
8. Dominicus, Lilian (2007-02-13). "Klanten eten graag traditionele kost" (in Dutch). Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. Retrieved 2009-03-05.