Yesterday, I pulled 10 Summer leeks out from our beloved garden. I wanted to let them shine. So, I invented this lovely leek stoemp.
Stoemp is a typical Belgian & Dutch dish.
This is a mix from boiled potatoes, then mashed & mixed with root vegetables or with braised leeks, or with carrots, or with all sort of cabbages, or with spinach, or with brussels sprouts,β¦ Usually we mix it with slices of bacon or we serve it with sausages. We nearly always add a chopped up & sweated onion with it. You can also use cream, herbs or spices.
Stoemp is a typical word of the patois of Brussels. You can eat stoemp in a lot of brassieres of Brussels.
Stoemp is a basic dish. We make them a lot, especially in winter time.
It is comfort food.
Now, let’s see how I made it! I made my recent version way more healthy than before.
Recipe: For 3 persons
Ingredients:
1 kg red potatoes, peeled & cut up into chunks
some herbamare salt
750 gr cleaned, well-washed, pad dry, leeks, cut up like you like ( weighted when cut up) = 10 Summer leeks ( green & white bits)
2 fat cloves of garlic, peeled & finely cut up
1 red onion, (from the garden), peeled & finely cut up
unsweetened soy milk or milk: a few splashes
black pepper
Himalayan pink salt in a grinder
baking margarine or butter
To serve: 2 bought tasty cordon bleu ( bought from a really good butcher), fried in some good baking margarine & oil too.Β
Method:
- Boil your potato chunks into hot boiling water where you added some herbamare salt. Cook until al dente & cooked through. Drain well & steam off the excess of water. Turn heat very low & add splashes of soy milk & 2-3 knobs of baking margarine. Mash well. Season with some black pepper, about 15 grins & a few grins of pink salt. mash well & mix with a spoon. Keep warm.
- At the same time, take a large cooking pot & add drizzles of a fruity olive oil & some knobs of baking margarine. Let it melt & heat up. When hot, add garlic & onion pieces & fry until nearly cooked through. Season with some pink salt & black pepper. Stir often. Now, add chopped leeks & mix well. place fitted lid on & place on lower heat. Fry your leek pieces until cooked through. Check with a bite or 2. This can take up about 10 minutes or so. Check seasoning one last time, I added some pink salt & about 10 grins of black pepper. Add this leek mix to the mashed potatoes & mash. I mashed a few time & then mixed it all together with a fork. MMM! Serve at once with a fried cordon bleu like picture above! Enjoy! Β The flavors of the home-grown leeks & red onion are just perfect & sharp! :)Β β₯Β Stay Tuned & subscribe by email! Join 1,800 email subscribers now!!! It is free!!!! Click the link here below to subscribe!!!http://eepurl.com/bSJtUr
How lovely to have your own leeks! I do love the sound of the stoemp. What a fantastic dinner and yes, it does showcase the leeks very well xx
Thanks, sweet Charlie! π
That sounds superb!
It is really delicious, try it! π
I enjoy every ingredient of this wonderful, very tasteful dish!
Thank you, dad! π
That looks very delicious!
Thanks, my friend!
I ate stoemp when we were in Belgium and it was so delicious. The addition of leek is a fantastic idea. yum!
Thanks, my friend! x
I’ve never heard of stoemp before, but it sounds a whole lot like colcannon- which is to say, delicious!
Stoemp is such a terrific comfort food. I’m curious about your cordon bleu also!
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Ohhhh, that looks and sounds so good Sophie with the crispy cordon bleu on top. I grew up on stoemp, and hutspot. My mum made a vegetarian version but dad always mixed through fat slices of bratwurst.
I know. It is typical Belgian & Dutch! :), xxx
We made your lovely leek stomp & loved it heels!
It was very tasty too! π x
yay!
I had never heard of stoemp! I love learning about new dishes from around the world, thank you Sophie!! It sounds great!
It really is! xxx