A moorkop is a pastry consisting of a profiterole filled with whipped cream

Whipped cream

Whipped cream is cream that has been beaten by a mixer, whisk, or fork until it is light and fluffy. Whipped cream is often sweetened and sometimes flavored with vanilla, in which case it may be called Chantilly cream or crème Chantilly ....

. The top of the profiterole is glazed with white or dark chocolate

Chocolate

Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

. Often there is whipped cream on the top, with a slice of tangerine

Tangerine

__notoc__The tangerine is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the Mandarin orange . Taxonomically, it should probably be formally named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name...

 or a piece of pineapple.

History

The origin of the name moorkop lies in Den Bosch. There was a house named ‘de Moriaan’, and the residents were well-known for their cooking. They specialised in delicious patisseries. At some point in time a pastry made by the cooks became a popular delicacy and someone shouted: 'it looks like a morenkop' (a ‘morenkop’ is a stone head of a moor, or black man, that hung above many pharmacies). Our moorkop came from the name 'morenkop'.

Information

One moorkop contains 200 kcal, which is 1/10 of the daily amount needed by a woman. On average a moorkop costs 1 euro and 25 cents.

Sources

1. http://www.calorielijst.nl/product/?calorie=4403
2. http://www.hema.nl/nl-nl/winkel/gebak/klein%20gebak/moorkop-(6311610).aspx
3. http://www.goeievraag.nl/vraag/herkomst-moorkop.97582#antwoorden