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Old-fashioned Dutch beet varieties

Old-fashioned Dutch beet varieties

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A traditional Dutch recipe for roasted red beets, served with mashed potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.

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Recipe from NikiWiki, Mahjon99, MediaWiki default and 2 other contributors (KochWiki), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Beetroot is a quintessential Dutch vegetable, often served with fried fish or in a traditional stamppot dish. This version reinterprets this tradition by transforming it into a rich and flavorful puree, perfect for family meals.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time2 hr
  • Resting30 min
  • Total3 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$16.23 $4.06 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $7.58
  • $0.04
  • $0.31
  • $0.10
  • $0.80
  • $0.13
  • $0.15
  • $0.35
  • $1.40
  • $3.20
  • $0.37
  • $1.80

Prices from US supermarkets for 10 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2. Clean the beets by gently brushing them. Leave about 2.5 cm of the green part intact, so it doesn’t “drip”. ≈ 8 min
  3. Add the beets, salt, garlic, bell pepper, thyme, olive oil, and vinegar to a gratin dish. ≈ 3 min
  4. Carefully cover the shape with cling film, close the lid, and bake in the oven for 1 to 1 hour (depending on the size of the beets).
  5. Boil the apples.
  6. Peel the onion. ≈ 8 min
  7. peel the apple. ≈ 8 min
  8. Boil the eggs until they are hard-boiled. Then, peel them and cut them into small pieces.
  9. Chop the bacon into small pieces and cook it in the butter until it is crispy. ≈ 8 min
  10. Finely chop the apples and onions in a food processor until they have a consistency similar to a puree, then sauté in the fat until tender.
  11. Pulse the green beans in a food processor until they are finely chopped. ≈ 8 min
  12. Carefully remove the Allium sativum bulbs, which are now very soft, from their skins and finely chop them together with the Jerusalem artichokes. ≈ 4 min
  13. Combine all the ingredients together, or crush them. ≈ 4 min
  14. mix up the mashed potatoes with beet juice. ≈ 4 min
  15. Gently stir to incorporate the chopped eggs. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Old-fashioned Dutch beet varieties

  • 750 g of red beets$7.58
  • 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt$0.04
  • 6 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)$0.31
  • ground black pepper$0.10
  • 0.1 litre of olive oil$0.80
  • 0.1 litre of dark sherry vinegar$0.13
  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 1 sour apple$0.35
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs$1.40
  • 200 g of finely chopped bacon$3.20
  • butter$0.37
  • 1 kg of Bintje apple$1.80

Total$16.23

that's $4.06 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 750 g of red beets
  • 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt
  • 6 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)
  • ground black pepper
  • 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 0.1 litre of olive oil
  • 0.1 litre of dark sherry vinegar
  • 1 onion
  • 1 sour apple
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • 200 g of finely chopped bacon
  • butter
  • 1 kg of Bintje apple

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