Carrot and onion hash/ Hutspot

Yesterday, I linked you to Kale Hash, a traditional Dutch winter dish to which Dutch cynics refer to as baby food, because we like to portray Dutch cuisine as unimportant and unimaginative. So today it's time for the number two classic in Dutch winter hashes: Hutspot.

History/folklore tells us that Hutspot is based on a Spanish dish left by Spanish Soldiers after the Siege of Leiden of 1574. Hutspot is basically potatoes, carrots, and onions, but the original Spanish soldier dish mostly contained parsnip.

Traditionally, or not, or in other words: as far as I know, Hutspot is accompanied with piccalilli and stewed beef or pork meat. The sweet and sour of the piccalilli works great with the dish and we need our protein! In the Netherlands we don't fry our smoked sausage but just warm it up in 75C/170F water for 20 minutes, but hey frying looks good too!