🇳🇱 Dutch Cuisine

Rookworst

Dutch Smoked Beef Sausage

Prep Time 15 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 288 kcal

A plump, gently smoked beef sausage with a satisfying snap, traditionally draped over a steaming mound of stamppot.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Bring a pot of water to a gentle simmer — do not boil.
  2. 2 Place rookworst sausages in the simmering water.
  3. 3 Heat through for 12-15 min. Do not let the water boil or the casings may split.
  4. 4 Remove with tongs, pat dry.
  5. 5 Serve whole or sliced on top of stamppot with mustard.

Did You Know?

During Dutch ice skating events on frozen canals, vendors sell rookworst from heated carts — it is the official fuel of Dutch winter sports.