Hutsepotsoep Recipes

HUTSPOT

Steps:

• Dice& boil onions and carrots 20 minutes.
• Drain.
• Boil peeled and quartered potatoes 20-25 minutes, til tender.
• Drain and dry thoroughly.
• Add onions and carrots mash well.
• Add salt, pepper, butter and milk.
• Mix.
• Warm all together and serve hot.

HUTSPOT (DUTCH CARROTS, POTATOES AND ONIONS)

Steps:

• Place carrots and onions into a large pot. Cover with 2 cups water.
• Place chunk of bacon on top. Cover and cook 35 to 40 minutes, until onions and carrots are soft.
• Remove bacon. Drain and reserve cooking liquid. Set cooked carrots and onions aside.
• Boil potatoes in the same cooking liquid, cooking them until they fall apart.
• Mash potatoes with carrots and onions. Stir in butter and salt.
• Slice bacon into thin pieces, and serve alongside or on top of the hutspot.

HUTSPOT

Steps:

• Place the potatoes, carrots, bay leaf and onions in a Dutch oven and cover with water to level. Season with salt and mix.
• Bring to a boil and cook, covered, over medium heat for 25 minutes.
• Drain, remove the bay leaf and add all the rest into a large bowl.
• Using a potato masher, coarsely mash all of the mixture.
• Add the butter, milk, nutmeg and pepper. Mix.
• Adjust the seasoning if necessary and serve.

BELGIAN HUTSEPOT

Steps:

• This recipe originates in Flanders where Savoy cabbage is much loved.
• The stock is made into a quick pea soup and served as a first course.
• It is similar to the French Pot au Feu although the former has peas and the latter garlic and leeks.
• Cover the beef, pork, pork bone, bay leaves and peppercorns in water in a large pot and bring to a simmer.
• Skim the foam away and cover; simmer 2 1/2-3 hrs until the meats are tender.
• Add the salt during the last hour.
• Prepare and reserve the vegetables.
• Wash the potatoes; do not peel if new.
• Wash, trim, core and cut the cabbage into 8 wedges.
• Peel and quarter the turnips.
• About 30 min before the meat is done add the potatoes and turnips.
• Remove the meats and vegetables from the broth; arrange the vegetables around the meat on a large platter, cover with foil and keep warm.
• Discard the pork bone.
• Strain the broth through cheesecloth and reserve 2 cups for the pea soup, returning the rest to the pot to cook the cabbage in.
• Simmer the cabbage 5-7 min until tender and remove; arrange on the meat platter.
• Meanwhile cook the peas in a separate smaller pot; puree in a blender with the reserved broth in small lots until smooth.
• Strain through a wire sieve discarding the pulp.
• Re-heat and serve as a first course garnished with croutons and chives.
• Then bring the hot platter to the table; slice meat and serve with mustard and horseradish.
• To adapt to a crockpot I would suggest[but have not tested] about 10-12 hrs on low for the meats, perhaps 4 hrs for the potatoes and turnips and do the cabbage with the meats and vegetables say the last 30 min.
• Do the peas separately on the stove at the last minute.

HUTSPOT MIT KLAPSTUK

Steps:

• Heat a serving platter in the warming oven. Place the corned beef into cold water and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for about 2 hours, turning occasionally. Place the vegetables in a big pan - first the potatoes - season - then the carrots - season - and then the onions, then cover with water. Cook until tender - approximately 1 hour. Strain the cooked vegetables and roughly mash them. Add the 1/2 cup of butter to make them rich and creamy. Drain the meat and slice it thinly. Spoon the vegetables (hutspot) on the heated serving platter and lay the sliced meat klapstuk over them.

HUTSEPOT (BELGIAN BOILED DINNER)

Steps:

• 1. Brown meat in a dutch oven. Drain off fat and add water.
• 2. Clean vegetables and cut into small chunks. Add them and bay leaf to water.
• 3. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 1 hour. Taste and adjust seasonings. Remove bay leaf before serving.