✨ Newdinner
Stamppot Boerenkool
Holland's ultimate winter comfort food — creamy mashed potatoes beaten together with curly kale and served with smoked sausage and a pool of gravy.
⏱ 50 min🔥 520 kcalEasy
★4.6(876)
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Dutch Pork Recipes
8 recipes using pork — Stamppot, erwtensoep, stroopwafels — robust and comforting Dutch cooking.
These 8 dutch pork recipes are ready in about 131 minutes on average, with 320–520 kcal per serving, and 88% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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131 min
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450 kcal
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easy recipes
How Dutch cuisine cooks with pork
Dutch cuisine — Stamppot, erwtensoep, stroopwafels — robust and comforting Dutch cooking — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Dutch cooks work with pork, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, steaming and frying.
A mild, sweet meat that spans quick chops and bacon to long-cooked shoulder and ribs. In this collection it's most often cooked with carrots, celeriac, rookworst, leeks, celery and bay leaves. The dishes here span dutch classics ready in as little as 50 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Snert — Dutch Split Pea Soup is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 2,143 ratings.
8 Dutch Pork Recipes
✨ Newsoup
Erwtensoep
The Netherlands' legendary thick split pea soup with smoked pork hock, celeriac and leek — so thick a spoon can stand upright in it.
⏱ 165 min🔥 440 kcalEasy
★4.7(1,054)
✨ Newdinner
Snert — Dutch Split Pea Soup
Extraordinarily thick split pea soup with smoked pork knuckle, celeriac, leek and rookworst sausage — the Netherlands' most beloved winter dish.
⏱ 170 min🔥 520 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,143)
soup
Dutch Erwtensoep (Split Pea Soup)
The Netherlands' thick, army-green winter soup — so hearty a spoon stands in it, loaded with pork and smoked sausage.
⏱ 200 min🔥 380 kcalEasy
★4.8(423)
soup
Erwtensoep (Dutch Split Pea Soup)
Netherlands' national winter soup — thick, almost spoonable split pea soup with smoked pork, celery and celeriac. So thick a spoon should stand upright in it. The Dutch call it 'snert'.
⏱ 135 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.7(389)
soup
Snert (Dutch Split Pea Soup)
Thick, hearty Dutch split pea soup with smoked sausage and pork — so thick a spoon stands up in it.
⏱ 140 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.8(487)
✨ Newsoup
Erwtensoep (Dutch Split Pea Soup)
A thick, hearty green split pea soup simmered with smoked sausage and bacon until it's spoon-standing thick.
⏱ 130 min🔥 320 kcalEasy
★4.5(33)
✨ Newdinner
Dutch Spiced Meatballs (Gehaktballen)
Hearty beef and pork meatballs seasoned with nutmeg and cloves, browned and simmered in a rich gravy — a classic Dutch home dinner.
⏱ 55 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.6(40)
Choosing & preparing pork
How to choose
Look for pink-red, firm flesh with a little marbling. Loin and tenderloin are lean and fast; shoulder (Boston butt) and belly are fatty and made for slow cooking.
Prep & storage
A brine keeps lean cuts juicy. Render fatty cuts low and slow to turn the collagen silky; sear first for a flavourful crust.
When is it done?
Modern pork is safe at 63°C / 145°F with a short rest, leaving the centre faintly pink and juicy; shoulder and ribs go to ~90°C+ for pull-apart tenderness.
Nutrition
A good source of protein, thiamine and B vitamins; choose loin cuts to keep saturated fat lower.
Classic flavour partners: apple, garlic, fennel, sage, soy sauce, mustard
Dutch Pork Recipes — FAQ
How long do Dutch pork recipes take to make?
Most of these 8 Dutch pork recipes are ready in around 131 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Stamppot Boerenkool, takes about 50 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 200 minutes.
How many calories are in Dutch pork dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 320 to 520 kcal per serving, averaging 450 kcal — Erwtensoep (Dutch Split Pea Soup) is the lightest option at 320 kcal.
What is the easiest Dutch pork recipe for beginners?
Stamppot Boerenkool is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 50 minutes. 88% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with pork in Dutch cooking?
In these recipes, pork is most often paired with carrots, celeriac, rookworst, leeks, celery and bay leaves. Dutch kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
How do I know when pork is properly cooked?
Modern pork is safe at 63°C / 145°F with a short rest, leaving the centre faintly pink and juicy; shoulder and ribs go to ~90°C+ for pull-apart tenderness.
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