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Old-fashioned Dutch beet stamppot with bacon, apple and eggs

Old-fashioned Dutch beet stamppot with bacon, apple and eggs

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Roasted beets with garlic, thyme, olive oil, and sherry vinegar, mashed with roasted apples, confit garlic, a mixture of caramelized onions and apples, an…

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In the Netherlands, beetroot is eaten as a vegetable, often alongside fried fish or in stamppot, a traditional Dutch mashed dish. The cooking liquid from the beetroot can be added to the mash to soften it.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfour, casserole
  • Estimated cost$12.81 $3.20 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $3.33
  • $0.04
  • $0.53
  • $0.27
  • $1.18
  • $0.73
  • $0.21
  • $0.35
  • $1.60
  • $2.44
  • $2.13

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
  2. Wash the beets, leaving about 1 cm of the greens intact so they don’t “bleed”. ≈ 3 min
  3. Place them in a dish with the salt, garlic, pepper, thyme, oil, and vinegar. ≈ 3 min
  4. Cover carefully with aluminum foil and a lid, and bake for 1 to 1.5 hours, depending on their size.
  5. While that’s happening, cook the apples and hard-boiled eggs. Peel the eggs and chop them into pieces.
  6. Dice the bacon and melt it in the butter. Peel the onion and apple, and puree them almost completely in a food processor. Then, cook them in the butter until they are tender.
  7. Peel the cooked beets and chop them in a food processor. ≈ 8 min
  8. Squeeze the candied garlic out of its skin and mash it with the apples. ≈ 4 min
  9. Combine everything, loosening the mashed potatoes with the beet cooking liquid. ≈ 4 min
  10. Add the chopped eggs and serve. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Old-fashioned Dutch beet stamppot with bacon, apple and eggs

  • 750 g of raw red beets$3.33
  • 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt$0.04
  • 6 large heads of garlic, peeled$0.53
  • black peppercorns from the mill$0.27
  • 0.1 liter of olive oil$1.18
  • 0.1 liter of sherry vinegar$0.73
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 1 sour apple$0.35
  • 4 eggs$1.60
  • 200 g of smoked bacon, thinly sliced$2.44
  • 1 kg of Dutch apples (Bintje)$2.13

Total$12.81

that's $3.20 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 750 g of raw red beets
  • 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt
  • 6 large heads of garlic, peeled
  • black peppercorns from the mill
  • 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 0.1 liter of olive oil
  • 0.1 liter of sherry vinegar
  • 1 onion
  • 1 sour apple
  • 4 eggs
  • 200 g of smoked bacon, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon of butter
  • 1 kg of Dutch apples (Bintje)

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