Gentse hutspot (Gent stew)

Beef and vegetable stew from Gent, which although uses cheap cuts of meat, has a cooking time of about 4 hours.

Gentse hutspot (Gent stew)

Gent stew
Servings:	Serves 4
Calories per serving:	1184
Ready in:	4 hours 20 minutes
Prep. time:	20 minutes
Cook time:	4 hours
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	19th January 2013

Best recipe review Anything to do with Ghent is good in my books 5/5 One of the finest cities in the World! Jerry

Gent stew, the ingredients

Ingredients

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• 500 g boneless beef shank, in one piece
• * Stewing steak is fine for this if you cannot obtain shank.
• 250 g pigs trotters or ham hocks (optional)
• 125 g smoked, streaky bacon, in one piece
• 1 litre light beef stock or water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cloves
• 3 medium carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 leeks, dark green parts removed, sliced
• 3 large sticks celery, diced
• ½ medium white cabbage, shredded
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered

Method

1. Put the meats, seasonings, bay leaves and cloves in a pan with the stock or water and bring to the boil.
2. Skim, lower the heat, cover and simmer for about three hours.
3. Add the carrots, leeks and celery and simmer for a further 30 minutes.
4. Add the cabbage and the potatoes, simmering until the potatoes are cooked.
5. Remove and discard the pigs' trotters.
6. Slice the beef and bacon and arrange them, with the vegetables on plates or serving platters.
7. Serve the stock separately as a gravy.

Variations

Sausages can also be added, especially if not using the pigs' trotters.

You can use other vegetables such as onions and turnips.

Chef's notes

Using bottled water for the stock, although not very ecological, will reduce the need to skim. Filtered water can also be used. --JuliaBalbilla 08:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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