bitterbal

plural bitterballen

1. A Dutch spherical croquette filled with ragout.

   Let’s begin with bitterballen, the little spherical croquettes that are ubiquitous at the “brown bars” that litter Amsterdam.

   2008 May 9, Dan Saltzstein, “Amsterdam, Part Three: Little Tastes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2010

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   The restaurants of W1 are set to make a killing. But they would do even better if they swapped chicken chow mein for bitterballen, vlammetjes or frikandellen — three of the throat-clearing delicacies available at De Hems, the one true Dutch bar in the whole of London.

   2010 July 12, Simon Briggs, “World Cup final: Holland fans just follow the Orange trail to watch the final in London”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC

   To the dismay of the Dutch Olympic team, imports of bitterballen, a deep fried beef and potato croquette, have also been banned under Russian "food safety" restrictions on meat imports. […] In order to enjoy their bitterballen, a fast food snack that is often mocked as emblem of the low standards of Dutch cusine, the Netherlands Olympic delegations has hired a chef and ordered enough Russian ingredients to make 38,000 meatballs.

   2014 February 7, Bruno Waterfield, “Belgian chocolates exempted from Sochi import ban after outcry”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2016

   According to Dutch media, it was particularly exercised about the partial loss of the bitterbal, a deep-fried nugget of pulverised meat in white sauce, which VVD MP Arno Rutte called "part of our cultural heritage".

   2019 May 21, Senay Boztas, “Amsterdam to serve vegetarian food by default at all council events”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2019