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Hutspot (mashed potatoes), carrots, and onions with a beef stew

Hutspot, potato, carrot and onion mash with beef rib

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Dutch winter stew: potatoes, carrots, and onions cooked together and then mashed, served with klapstuk, a slow-cooked beef dish.

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Recipe from Koos Jol, Pjetter, Erik Baas and 11 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Hutspot is a typical Dutch winter dish. It typically includes potatoes, carrots, and onions, which are cooked together before being mashed and seasoned. It is often served with a meatball, but traditionally it is served with klapstuk, a type of beef that has been slow-cooked for hours, giving it a richer flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time4 hr
  • Total4 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbled
  • Estimated cost$8.38 $2.10 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $3.09
  • $1.56
  • $3.73

Prices in Belgium.

Directions

  1. Cook the klapstuk very gently in a large amount of water, with salt and pepper, for 3 to 4 hours.
  2. Peel or scrub the carrots and cut them into large pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. Roughly chop the onions and peel the apples. ≈ 8 min
  4. Place the root vegetables in a saucepan with a little meat broth.
  5. Place the carrots on top, followed by the onions, the peppercorns, the bay leaf, and finally the meat. ≈ 3 min
  6. Let it simmer gently until the carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.
  7. In the last 5 to 10 minutes, add butter (or, ideally, beef fat), and plenty of pepper. ≈ 3 min
  8. Remove the meat and bay leaf, then drain the vegetables, reserving some of the cooking liquid. ≈ 2 min
  9. Mash the vegetables with a potato masher, adding a little of the cooking liquid if the puree seems too dry. ≈ 4 min
  10. Salt, pepper, add a pinch of nutmeg, and serve with the sliced meat. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Hutspot, potato, carrot and onion mash with beef rib

  • 1 kg of winter carrots$3.09
  • 750 g of onion$1.56
  • 1.5 to 2 kilograms of apples$3.73

Total$8.38

that's $2.10 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of winter carrots
  • 750 g of onion
  • 1.5 to 2 kilograms of apples
  • 1 piece of klapstuk (a cut of beef ribs; avoid a very lean cut)
  • 1 tablespoon of butter or beef fat
  • salt, pepper (in grains), walnut nutmeg, 1 bay leaf

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