| Stamppot | |
| Type: | Side dish or main course |
| Main Ingredient: | Potatoes, various vegetables and/or fruit |
| Variations: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Hutspot]], Dutch; Flemish: wortelstoemp |
| Place Of Origin: | Netherlands |
(English: 'mash pot') is a traditional Dutch dish made from a combination of potatoes mashed with one or several vegetables and typically garnished with sausages.
These vegetable pairings traditionally include sauerkraut, endive, kale, spinach, turnip greens, or carrot and onion (the combination of the latter two is known as hutspot in the Netherlands and as wortelstoemp in Belgium). Leafy greens such as endive may be left raw and added to the potatoes only at the mashing stage. Some less common regional varieties of are made with fruit and potatoes, such as 'blue lightning', made with pears, and 'hot lightning', made with sweet apples. Pineapple may also be included in sauerkraut[1] or endive .[2] In recent years, variations on the traditional have become more popular with ingredients such as rocket, leeks, beets, sweet potato, or mushrooms. Sometimes, fish is used as an ingredient in as well. is primarily a cold-weather dish.[3]
is usually served with sausage (in the Netherlands often smoked, in Belgium more often fried), julienned bacon, or stewed meat. Other accompaniments include cheese, gherkins, mustard, and pickled onions.[2] [3]
Prepared can be purchased from shops and supermarkets. It can also be ordered in cafe-style restaurants, but recent, stricter regulations on allowed foods in taverns versus restaurants have limited the custom of offering simple dishes in many Belgian pubs.
The origin of is unknown, although legend attributes the invention of to the 1574 Siege of Leiden.[4] Using raw leafy vegetables instead of cooking them with the potatoes has not been dated to earlier than 1940.[5]
There are two methods of preparing , the first being the more modern form:
Lardons are often added for flavoring. It is also common to make a small hole in the top of the mix on the plate and fill it with gravy, known in Dutch as a 'little gravy pit'.[6]