Hutspot, the Belgian apple stew

Hutspot, the Belgian apple stew

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A traditional Dutch dish, a slow-cooked stew of apples, carrots, and onions, prepared using the steaming method.

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Hutspot is a typical Dutch dish, perfect for winter evenings. Made with potatoes, carrots, and onions, this stew is slowly cooked over steam to create an unforgettable flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time5 hr
  • Total5 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodpan, oven

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.86
  • $0.37

Directions

  1. A delicious main course, seasoned with pepper and salt, cooked slowly by steaming for approximately 3 to 4 hours.
  2. Peel or coarsely chop the carrots and cut them into large pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. Finely chop the onion (or Allium sativum) and peel the potatoes. ≈ 8 min
  4. Reheat the root vegetables in a pan with a little meat broth.
  5. Start with the carrots, then the onions, the bell peppers, the bay leaves, and finally add the meat last. ≈ 3 min
  6. Let it simmer gently until the carrots are tender (approximately 45 minutes).
  7. Add a small knob of butter (or, even better, beef fat), and plenty of pepper during the last 5 to 10 minutes of cooking. ≈ 3 min
  8. Drain off the cooking liquid, reserving some. ≈ 2 min
  9. Mash the potatoes thoroughly, and if they seem too dry, add a little broth.
  10. Season with salt and pepper. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg (winter carrots)
  • 750 g (onion)
  • salt, pepper (grains), walnut, nutmeg, bay leaf
  • Approximately 1.5 to 2 kilograms of ground apples
  • A particularly delicious cut of meat (especially the rib; avoid the lean cuts)
  • butter or fat

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