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{{short description|Belgian potato dish}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Stoemp
| image = Cod and stoemp.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Cod with ''stoemp'' (right)
| alternate_name = 
| country = Belgium,<br>France,<br>Netherlands
| region = 
| creator = 
| course = Side dish
| type = 
| served = 
| main_ingredient = [[Potatoes]], [[Vegetables]]
| variations = Wortelstoemp
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'''Stoemp''' is a [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] dish,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_7NoAEACAAJ |title=Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia |date=2001 |publisher=Clarkson Potter |language=en}}</ref> found in [[Belgium]], [[French Flanders|Northern France]] and the [[Netherlands]], of pureed or mashed [[potatoes]] and other root vegetables, and can also include [[cream]], [[bacon]], [[onion]] or [[shallot]], [[herbs]], and [[spices]].<ref>{{cite book |year=1998 |title=Time out Brussels guide: Antwerp, Ghent & Bruges |publisher=Penguin |page=90 |isbn=9780140273168}}</ref>

The name of the dish sometimes includes the kind of vegetables inside it; for example, ''Wortelstoemp'' includes carrots (''wortel''). This specific combination may also contain egg yolk.

== Pronunciation ==
''Stoemp'' is pronounced {{IPA|nl|stump||nl-stoemp.ogg}}. It is originally a word from [[Brabantian dialect|Brabantian dialects]].

== Ingredients and culture ==
A simple, rural dish, stoemp enjoys wide appeal.

It is a dish of [[mashed potato]]es with one or more vegetables, such as [[onion]]s, [[carrot]]s, [[leek]]s, [[spinach]], [[green pea]]s and [[cabbage]], seasoned with [[thyme]], [[nutmeg]] or [[bay laurel|bayleaf]].

Stoemp is traditionally featured alongside fried [[boudin]], fried [[braadworst]], grilled [[bacon]], fried [[ground meat|mince]] or [[fried egg]]s.
In some families, it is served with an [[entrecôte]] or a [[horse]] [[Loin#Loins in butchery|tenderloin]].

== Similar dishes ==
* [[Bubble and squeak]], from [[English cuisine|England]].
* [[Colcannon]] and [[Champ (food)|champ]], from [[Irish cuisine|Ireland]].
* [[Rumbledethumps]], from [[Scottish cuisine|Scotland]]
* [[Pyttipanna]], from [[Sweden]]
* Biksemad, from [[Denmark]]
* [[Trinxat]], from the [[Empordà]] region of [[Catalonia]], northeast [[Spain]], and [[Andorra]]
* [[Roupa velha]] (Portuguese for "old clothes"), from [[Portugal]], often made from leftovers from [[cozido]] à portuguesa
* [[Stamppot]] from [[Dutch cuisine|The Netherlands]]
* [[Hash (food)]], from the [[United States]]
* Also see [[hash browns]] and [[potato cake]] entries

==References==
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[[Category:Belgian cuisine]]
[[Category:Dutch cuisine]]
[[Category:Dutch words and phrases]]
[[Category:Potato dishes]]
[[Category:Cuisine of Flanders]]


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