stamppot’ referring to any dish made from a combination of potatoes mashed with vegetables. This wintery dish in particular is made with floury potatoes and thinly-sliced, raw endives or escarole…
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Clams and Potatoes in Saffron Cream Sauce
These delicious clams swim in a bath of white wine, cream and saffron while the baby potatoes make the dish hearty enough to be a main. I like to serve…
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Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Fenugreek Yoghurt, Chili and Mint
Sweet potatoes are great. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they are very versatile and can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes. You might think they…
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Boerenkool Stamppot met Rookworst en Spekjes / Traditional Dutch Curly Kale Mash with Smoked Sausage and Lardons
Dutch boerenkool stamppot (literally translated it means ‘farmer’s cabbage mash pot’, or ‘farmer’s cabbage hodgepodge’), is a traditional and quintessential Dutch winter staple. As is the case with most Dutch…
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Potato Salad with Fennel, Radish and Crème Fraîche
My version of potato salad (not a family recipe, by the way) is made with slightly waxy unpeeled baby potatoes and lots of crunchy, strong-tasting vegetables such as radish, fennel…
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Hutspot met Klapstuk (Dutch ‘Hotchpotch’ with Braised Beef)
Last week was the 3rd of October, a day which Dutch people, those living in Leiden in particular, may celebrate by eating soused herring on white bread and hutspot. “What…
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