Flemish Hutsepot
A Belgium dinner made with pork. Ready in about 1 hour. Difficulty: medium.
- 30 minPrep (about)
- 30 minCook (about)
- 1 hrTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 4 sausages
Fresh & other
- 1.3 lb floury potatoes
- 7 oz carrots
- 7 oz turnip
- 9 oz leek
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 sprigs thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
- 2 ½ cups chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
Sauces & oils
- 1 tbsp mustard
Spices & seasonings (3): bay leaves, salt, pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- Pinch salt
- Pinch pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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1) Peel.
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Chop the onion and garlic.
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Add both to a big pan with the butter.
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Place it over medium heat.
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2) Let your onion and garlic sweat for 5 minutes.
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Add the thyme, bay leaves and chopped potatoes.
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Stir well.
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Cook for another 5 minutes.
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3) In the meantime peel.
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Slice the carrots.
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Peel the turnip.
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Dice it into bite-size pieces.
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Slice the leek in half lengthwise.
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Rinse it well to remove any sand.
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Add your vegetables to the potatoes and onion.
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Also add the mustard and chicken stock.
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Season with pepper and salt.
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4) Stir all the ingredients well.
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Cover the pan with a lid.
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Cook the hutsepot for around 20 to 25 minutes till all the vegetables and potatoes are tender.
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Stir regularly.
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Add extra water if necessary.
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In your meantime pan fry your sausages in a little oil or butter till golden and cooked through.
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Keep warm.
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5) when the potatoes start to fall apart, stir.
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Turn it all in a mushy and chunky vegetable stew.
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Check the seasoning.
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Add extra pepper, salt or mustard as you like.
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6) Scoop the hutsepot onto deep plates.
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Top with the sausage.
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Dish up hot using extra dollop of mustard if you like.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.