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Stamppot Boerenkool

Name: Stamppot Boerenkool
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Netherlands
Ingredients: 800g Potato; 300g Kale; 4 (smoked) Sausage; 100ml Milk; 40g Butter; 100g Bacon; To taste Mustard; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 45 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mashed potato with kale mixed in, served with smoked sausage — the Netherlands' winter national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Stamppot means 'mashed pot': a Dutch winter home dish of potatoes and vegetables boiled and mashed together. The kale (boerenkool) version is the most popular, served with smoked sausage (rookworst) and gravy. Making a well in the center and filling it with gravy — the 'gravy pond' — is part of the fun.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a winter night cold enough to freeze the canals, a thick sausage tops green mash on a Dutch family table as everyone warms up.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 800g
Kale 300g
Sausage 4 (smoked)
Milk 100ml
Butter 40g
Bacon 100g
Mustard To taste
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the potatoes into bite-sized pieces, top with chopped kale, and boil together for 20 minutes.
Warm the sausage in hot water.
Cut the bacon into strips and fry until crisp.
Drain and mash the potatoes and kale, then mix in warm milk, butter, and the bacon.
Season with salt and pepper.
Plate and serve with the sausage and mustard.

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