Hagelslag

So we’ve done fairy bread, fuck it, we reckon we invented fairy bread here, so I figured I’d try to twist the hagelslag somewhat. It almost worked.

In the wikipedia sandwich list, hagelslag (does anyone else have an issue with the name? in my lexicon, ‘slag’ means “phlegm, cleared from the throat or nasal passages and spat out”. Just sayin’) is made with either confectionary sprinkles or chocolate flakes.

I decided this would be my thing.

Best ever milk chocolate. At 48% it’s got more cacao mass than many dark chocolate varieties. Those Spaniards know a thing or two. I microplaned it, and also a tiny scraping (it’s all you need) of Tonka bean, which a cow orker brought in yesterday, to confuse us with. I also, having missed out on writing about the fruit sandwich, despite it being a staple for me, cut up some strawberries, and put them on half of my hagelslag (nope, the name still doesn’t work for me).

Now, I say it almost worked. The tonka flavour is lovely with the chocolate, and with the fruit, but when you put fluffy microplaned chocolate on buttered bread, the bread is overpowering. I should’ve used a coarser grater. Hundreds and Thousands work on fairy bread because they’re really very hard, they give a satisfying crunch, and there’s a burst of sweetness. The Blanxart chocolate isn’t quite sweet enough to battle the bread, and its melting point is low enough when it’s planed to make it a silly sandwich topping. It wasn’t wasted though. I finished the block with my cup of tea.

Crit

I’m a mother of two boys. I work selling organic produce to gullible locals, and in my spare time I run as far as I can. Oh, and I live in Australia, married to a US citizen.