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Carrot and potato stew

Carrots and potatoes cooked together, with smoked sausage — sweet, simple, honest.

Time
45 min
Effort:
easy
Origin
Northern Germany
Season
summer, autumn
  • classic
  • budget
  • kid-friendly
  • batch-cook
  • freezes well
  • one pot
Carrot and potato stew on a plate

Ingredients for 4 portions

  • 800 gcarrots
  • 600 gpotatoes
  • 1onions
  • 3smoked Mettwurst
  • 800 mlvegetable stock (instant)
  • 2 tbspbutter
  • ½ bunchparsley
  • 1 tspsugar
  • to tastesalt
  • to tastepepper

The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.

Possible allergens

Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.

  • Milk (incl. lactose)
  • Celery

Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.

Nutrition per portion

Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.

Energy480 kcal
Protein19.4 g
Fat23.2 g
Carbohydrates43.5 g
of which sugar17.7 g
Fibre8.4 g
Salt3.8 g

Not counted because listed without a quantity: salt, pepper.

Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.

Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.

Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.

Method

  1. 1

    Peel and dice the carrots and potatoes, chop the onion.

  2. 2

    Sweat the onion in butter, add the carrots, toast briefly with the sugar, add the potatoes and stock.

  3. 3

    Lay the whole sausages on top, lid on, simmer for 25 minutes.

  4. 4

    Remove and slice the sausages, roughly mash the stew, season, return the sausage and add parsley.