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Slagter: cauliflower from Andijk
A family business from Andijk that focuses almost entirely on cauliflower. About 180 hectares of their own crop, roughly 12% of Dutch production. The heads are snow-white, compact and sorted by size.
The story
Who's behind it
Slagter is based in Andijk, on the Kadijkweg, in the heart of West-Friesland's cauliflower country. The family business focuses on cauliflower. The first shed went up in 1976, and since then cauliflower has been practically their only crop.
In 2023 a younger generation took over. Five cousins, aged from their early twenties to just over thirty, took over the business from their fathers and uncles. That keeps the knowledge of varieties, soil and harvest timing in the same family.
The scale is serious. They grow around 180 hectares of cauliflower themselves, partly on their own land and partly on rented fields. Several times that volume goes through their trading business each year. Together their cauliflower makes up roughly 12% of all Dutch production.
Sorting and season
Slagter effectively grows one crop, and you see it in the sorting. Each head is graded and sized, from a coarse size 6 to a compact size 8. You order the size you need.
Their own harvest runs in autumn, roughly October to December. Outside that they keep supply going with produce from warmer regions, so there's cauliflower all year.
Slagter supplies large volumes to retail, where a head has to be the same every day. For you, that means a cauliflower that behaves this week the way it did last week.
In your kitchen
Put the cauliflower at the center of the plate. A whole charred cauliflower, grilled as a steak or confit until it melts, reads on the menu as a dish.
Order coarse for whole pieces and compact for neat florets, and you get two different dishes from the same product. Mention the origin: cauliflower from Andijk, from a grower who focuses on cauliflower.
Chef’s tip
Buy to size. Slagter sorts by individual head, so ask for a coarser size 6 if you want whole heads to roast and compact size 8 if you need tight, evenly-sized florets for plating. Roast a whole head on high heat until the outside takes good color. A fresh, compact head holds on to its moisture and chars faster.
How to use it
Ideas for your menu
Whole roasted cauliflower, charred, with beurre noisette and capers
Cauliflower steak from a coarse size 6, grilled, with tahini and pomegranate
Fine cauliflower florets shaved raw through a salad or as crudité
Cauliflower confit and puréed as base under fish or poultry
For your menu
“Cauliflower from Andijk, from grower Slagter”
Products from Slagter
What we carry from this maker
White cauliflower size 6
Coarse head, the classic West-Frisian white. For whole heads and steaks.
White compact cauliflower size 8
Smaller and tightly closed. Neat florets of even size.
Cauliflower florets ready to use
Fine or coarse pre-cut, in bag or case. Saves time on mise en place.
Colored cauliflower and romanesco
Green, purple and romanesco as seasonal additions, changing sourcing.
Prices and availability are in the portal. Become a customer or log in to order.
Taste it in your own kitchen
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