Joppiesaus
Encyclopedia
Joppiesaus is a Dutch
snack sauce. It is a cold, yellow sauce available in fast food
restaurants throughout the Netherlands and Belgium
. The sauce is usually consumed with fries
, or other fast food snacks such as kroket or hamburger
.
, who herself was nicknamed Joppie. In the early 2000s the sauce gradually became ever more popular and nowadays it is available at most fast food restaurants and several supermarkets.
and an emulsifier. It also contains onion
and curry powder
. The original recipe is kept a secret, but on the web one can find recipes that come quite close to the original.
. This company has bought the original recipe from the cafetaria in Glanerbrug
and are the legal owners of the brand name Joppiesaus.
introduced a flavor of Potato chips
called Patatje Joppie (french fries with joppie sauce). It was the winner of a competition called Maak je smaak (Create your own taste).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
snack sauce. It is a cold, yellow sauce available in fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
restaurants throughout the Netherlands and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. The sauce is usually consumed with fries
French fries
French fries , chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are strips of deep-fried potato. North Americans tend to refer to any pieces of deep-fried potatoes as fries or French fries, while in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of deep-fried potatoes are...
, or other fast food snacks such as kroket or hamburger
Hamburger
A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
.
History
Joppiesaus was developed by the owner of a cafeteria in GlanerbrugGlanerbrug
Glanerbrug is a village east of Enschede, Netherlands and is also situated in the municipality Enschede. It is close to the border with Germany, which is formed by the stream Glanerbeek...
, who herself was nicknamed Joppie. In the early 2000s the sauce gradually became ever more popular and nowadays it is available at most fast food restaurants and several supermarkets.
Taste and ingredients
Joppiesaus is based on vegetable oil, waterWater
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
and an emulsifier. It also contains onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...
and curry powder
Curry powder
Curry powder is a mixture of spices of widely varying composition based on South Asian cuisine. Curry powder, and the contemporary English use of the word curry are Western inventions and do not reflect any specific Indian food, though a similar mixture of spices used in north India is called...
. The original recipe is kept a secret, but on the web one can find recipes that come quite close to the original.
Production
Joppiesaus is produced by Elite Salades & Snacks in the town of NeedeNeede
Neede is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.On 1 January 2005 the municipality of Neede merged with the municipalities of Eibergen, Borculo and Ruurlo into the municipality of Berkelland.- Population centres :...
. This company has bought the original recipe from the cafetaria in Glanerbrug
Glanerbrug
Glanerbrug is a village east of Enschede, Netherlands and is also situated in the municipality Enschede. It is close to the border with Germany, which is formed by the stream Glanerbeek...
and are the legal owners of the brand name Joppiesaus.
Potato chips
In February 2011 Lay'sLay's
Lay's is the brand name for a number of potato chip varieties as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in 1932. Lay's chips has been marketed as a division of Frito-Lay, a company owned by PepsiCo since 1965...
introduced a flavor of Potato chips
Potato chip
Potato chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried...
called Patatje Joppie (french fries with joppie sauce). It was the winner of a competition called Maak je smaak (Create your own taste).