Dutch Hutspot – an easy, hearty, delicious, one pot meal of potatoes, carrots and onions, perfect comfort food for a cold winter’s day.
It is cold and it is snowy here in New England. The Blizzard of 2015 brought us 28 inches of snow last Tuesday, we received another couple of inches last Friday and this Monday we got about a foot more.
When it is cold and snowy, it is time for comfort food! Last Friday, I shared my family’s favorite soup, Italian Wedding Soup. Today, I thought I’d share one of my husband’s favorite comfort foods – Hutspot. My husband was born and raised in the Netherlands and he enjoys cooking his favorite Dutch meals for our family, such as Hutspot.
Hutspot is a traditional Dutch one pot meal of mashed potatoes, carrots and onions, usually accompanied by smoked sausage or meatballs. This is my husband’s recipe and it includes kielbasa, we like to have Hutspot with Dutch meatballs too.
This Dutch Hutspot is a wonderful combination; the sweetness from the carrots nicely compliments the savory richness of the potatoes and onions. Hutspot is so delicious with some smoky kielbasa and is also wonderful with meatballs.
Dutch Hutspot is a hearty satisfying meal, perfect for a snowy winter’s day or anytime you have a craving for some delicious comfort food.
What are your family’s favorite comfort foods? Let me know in the comments below!
Dutch Hutspot
Notes
For this recipe, larger carrots are best, in Holland we use “winter carrots”, which are close to 2” in diameter and about 10” to 12” long.
Hutspot is also wonderful served with typical Dutch meatballs in place of kielbasa.
Ingredients
- 4 medium size potatoes (about 3 lbs) -- a floury, dry type like Russet works best
- 3 lbs of carrots (the larger, the better, see Notes)
- 2 medium size yellow onions (about 1 ½ lbs)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup of milk
- additional salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 16 oz package of kielbasa, or other precooked smoked sausage (optional)
- sliced green onions (optional)
Instructions
- Peel potatoes and quarter.
- Peel carrots and cut in large chunks of about 2 inches.
- Peel and coarsely chop the onions.
- Rinse the potato and carrot chunks, and combine with the chopped onions in a large enough pot (you should have at least a couple of inches of room for boiling and mashing).
- Add enough water to the pot to boil the ingredients; 2-3 inches should be sufficient.
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt, cover with lid and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce to medium heat and continue boiling for 15-20 minutes (until you can easily push a fork into the potatoes).
- While the carrot potato mixture is boiling, place the kielbasa, in its plastic wrapper, in a sauce pan and simmer in water for about 10 minutes or until heated through. (optional)
- Once the potatoes are cooked, drain any remaining water from the pot.
- Add 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter and ½ cup of milk.
- Mash the carrot potato mixture (Hutspot) with a potato masher, taking care not to mash up the carrots too much. The carrots should remain somewhat chunky.
- Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Serve Hutspot with heated kielbasa and a sprinkling of sliced green onions, if desired.
Hi Joy,
What i would always do when making Peestamp (other name for Hutspot) is braise the carrots and the onions in unsalted butter and add a small scoop of broth powder, this will give the carrots and the onions a little bit of bite as opposed to boiling them and you have to add less salt in the end because of the broth powder. And as Wouter mentioned in the comments, some fried bacon will really complement it and add some wholegrain mustard on your plate when eating it!
This was a staple in my House growing up and I make it now. My mother used less carrots, but added celery and about a half head of cabbage. She also added the whole sausage into the top of the pot while boiling, then took it out before draining and mashing.
Wow this looks so good and easy! I always need simple meals to make for my family and something that I know they would all eat. My husband isn’t a fan of sausage but meatballs sound good with it. Pinning!! Thanks for linking up to Totally Terrific Tuesday!
Thanks Sharon!
I’ve never heard of this, Joy. I love potatoes any kind of way and I also enjoy learning about foods from around the world. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for coming by Michelle!
This is different. I don’t think I’ve ever mashed together carrots & potatoes. Will have to put this on my recipe list to try. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.
Thanks Erlene!
So I love smashing my potato’s, carrots and onions up when I make a pot roast or corned beef!! Love this!! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party! Come back again on Thursday and share some more!! I love having you!! Pinned!!
Thanks Elaine! I will definitely be back at My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday 🙂
My husband would love this, so I had to pin this post!!
Thanks Diana! My husband loves this one and pretty much anything with smoked sausage 🙂
What a great recipe. I have never really had Dutch food – time to try!
Thanks Jenny! Dutch food is really good 🙂
The presentation alone deserves applause! I wouldn’t want to eat it!
Thanks Jessica!
This looks really yummy, definitely the ultimate in comfort food!
Thanks Michelle! It is indeed a wonderful comfort food 🙂
This looks so pretty, and it sounds like it would be delicious! Pinning!
Thanks so much Jamie!
This sounds so good! We love smoked sausage.I think I have everything I need to try this for dinner tonight. YUM!
Thanks Amanda! Hope you give it try and enjoy!
[…] We are in the midst of a very cold and snowy winter, here in New England, and so it’s not surprising that I’ve been focusing lately on comfort foods. Last week I shared my family’s favorite soup – Italian Wedding Soup, and earlier this week I shared my husband’s recipe for a traditional Dutch comfort food — Dutch Hutspot. […]
Living at the beach in Southern California, I cannot even begin to fathom all of that snow. There is a part of me that would love to see it sometimes, but I’m not sure I’d survive living in it. Comfort foods have got to be a must, and this dish sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty 🙂 Hope to see you again next week.
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
I would very much like to be living at the beach right about now too Lorelai! Thanks for coming by 🙂
Wow, I’ve never heard of this dish before!
Thanks for coming by Rebecca!
This looks great, I love the color.
Thanks Michelle! I agree, the carrots do give this dish a wonderful bright orange color!
what an interesting one pot meal~!
It is interesting indeed and so yummy! Thanks for coming by!
This is definitely a cold weather comfort here! We already have more snow coming down here in MA, so it would be a welcomed dish today!
Thanks Christine! We are in MA too, and got more snow as well!
Hi I am from Holland and there is one thing that is missing: sugar! In the end when i have mashed everything or when it is still cooking in the pan, i add like half a spoon or more sugar. That way it has more of a sweeter taste! Also baking chopped bacon in a pan until it has a nice brown color and mix it with a spoon in your mashed hutspot. Enjoy!
Hi Wouter, your version sounds great too, especially the addition of bacon, yum!
Hi Joy,
This is another terrific recipe! I haven’t eaten dinner yet and reading this and looking at the pictures have made me soo very hungry! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I showed it to my husband and we both want to try it. Neither of us ever heard of Hutspot before now!
I look forward to co-hosting the Oh My Heartsie Girls WW with you for the month of February!
Wishing you a lovely evening!
Much love,
Lysa xx
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Thanks so much Lysa! I’d never heard of this before I met my husband, it really is so good. Hope you give it a try and enjoy!
Ooh! I’ve never heard of Hutspot. Looks delicious!
Thanks Christine!