Cook Off Holland V Mexico

The cook off blogs heat up into the second day of the knockout stages and today we look at Holland against Mexico in the battle of the cook off blogs, where we see how the two national dishes of these countries would compare on a football pitch. That means its the Mexican mole sauce against the crazy Dutch's Hutspot.

The recipes for both dishes along with 32 other nation's recipes can be found in the Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook from http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/apps/webstore/

COOK OFF NO.6 HUTSPOT V MOLE SAUCE 

The Line Ups - Holland

Hutspot is the Dutch equivalent of "bubble and squeak" with the use of plenty of carrots, so literally supporting the orange cause in colour effect. Not the most glitzy of dishes for a national cuisine, however the vegetable based dish does the job in terms of comfort food.

The Line Ups - Mexico

We opted for Mole Sauce for Mexico in the book as this dish was the most widespread in the country and can go with most things. If you thought the Dutch were crazy, then the Mexicans add peanut butter and chocolate chips to this sauce, which also contains tomatoes and garlic...literally nuts! 

The Cook Off

Its one side affair for taste this match, as the Mexicans' mole sauce pours itself over the mashed veg, as spice overrules the mundane. Inadvertently though by doing this, the combination produced is a heavenly hive of Sunday afternoon smoothness, just as we expect it to be on the pitch. 

This cook off it a tough one to call as a result and therefore if this was a game of football it would go to penalties. 

Verdict: Penalty shoot out that could go either way! 

Headlines: "Crazy Dutch matched by crazy Mexican sauce"

For more recipes see The Sixty6 Unofficial World Cup Cookbook with a foreword from Carlton Palmer and illustrations by Andrew Booth.

To see how to make Hutspot see http://www.worldcupcookbook.co.uk/sample-of-book

To see how to make Mole Sauce check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jcZ735VtU

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