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Hutspot

Name: Hutspot
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Netherlands
Ingredients: 600g Potato; 400g Carrot; 2 Onion; 40g Butter; 100ml Milk; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 400g (stewing cut) Beef; 1 Bay leaf

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Potatoes, carrots, and onions boiled and mashed together — a Dutch home dish tied to the history of Leiden's liberation.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Hutspot is an orange mash of potatoes, carrots, and onions, with a legend tied to the relief of the Siege of Leiden in 1574. It's said that starving citizens ate a stew left behind in a pot after the Spanish army withdrew, and it's still eaten on October 3, Leiden's Relief Day. It's often served with braised beef.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On October 3, Leiden's Relief Day, as the whole town celebrates, orange hutspot and braised meat are set on family tables.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 600g
Carrot 400g
Onion 2
Butter 40g
Milk 100ml
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Beef 400g (stewing cut)
Bay leaf 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into large pieces and simmer with water, bay leaf, and a pinch of salt for 1½ hours until tender.
Cut the potatoes, carrots, and onions into bite-sized pieces.
Boil the vegetables for 20 minutes using a little of the beef broth.
Drain, mash roughly, and mix in butter and warm milk.
Season with salt and pepper.
Plate and top with the shredded beef.

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