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Crushed potatoes with onion sauce and herring

Crushed potatoes with onion sauce and herring

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A traditional Dutch winter dish: mashed apples with a creamy white sauce made with onions, butter, milk, and nutmeg, served with marinated, sweet-and-sour…

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Recipe from De Wikischim, JopkeB, Erik Baas, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Discover this recipe for a Dutch-style apple and onion gratin with herring, a delicious specialty that will delight those who enjoy intense and flavorful tastes. It’s perfect for winter meals and is easy to prepare, making it ideal for the whole family.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$7.62 $1.91 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $2.13
  • $0.83
  • $0.13
  • $0.20
  • $0.31
  • $4.02

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Boil the apples in water and keep them warm.
  2. Chop the onions into slices or half-slices (not into small dice) and sauté them in the butter. ≈ 8 min
  3. When they are soft, add the flour and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  4. Slowly pour in the milk while stirring, and continue to cook until the desired consistency is reached.
  5. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. ≈ 2 min
  6. Mash the apples, then mix them with the sauce. Serve the herring separately. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Crushed potatoes with onion sauce and herring

  • 1 kg of ground apples$2.13
  • 4 onions$0.83
  • About 2 tablespoons of flour$0.13
  • Approximately 500 ml of milk$0.20
  • salt, pepper, nutmeg$0.31
  • marinated herring, preferably with a sweet and sour flavour$4.02

Total$7.62

that's $1.91 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ground apples
  • 4 onions
  • 1 beautiful butter walnut
  • About 2 tablespoons of flour
  • Approximately 500 ml of milk
  • salt, pepper, nutmeg
  • marinated herring, preferably with a sweet and sour flavour

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