🇳🇱 Dutch Cuisine

Hutspot

Mashed Carrots, Onions and Potatoes

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 315 kcal

A rustic mash of carrots, onions, and potatoes, slow-cooked until sweet and golden — the dish that celebrates Dutch independence.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Boil potatoes and carrots together in salted water for 20 min until very tender.
  2. 2 Meanwhile, sauté onions in half the butter until deeply golden and sweet, about 15 min.
  3. 3 Drain potatoes and carrots. Mash with remaining butter and warm milk.
  4. 4 Fold in the caramelized onions. Season with salt and white pepper.
  5. 5 Serve in a mound with sliced smoked beef sausage alongside.

Did You Know?

Legend says hutspot was discovered in a cooking pot left behind by the fleeing Spanish army during the 1574 Siege of Leiden.