Erwtensoep, called snert when thick enough for a spoon to stand in it, is Amsterdam's winter green-pea soup, stewed with smoked sausage, pork belly, leek, celeriac and carrot until the texture clings.
Erwtensoep is one of the oldest Dutch peasant dishes, recorded in cookbooks back to the 16th century. The Amsterdam test is whether your spoon stands upright in the bowl; if it does, it qualifies as snert. The traditional service is with rookworst smoked sausage sliced on top, slices of katenspek (smoked pork belly) on the side, and roggebrood (rye bread) to mop up. Moeders on Rozengracht runs the canonical version through winter.
2 editor picks for Erwtensoep (Snert) in Amsterdam, ranked by editorial score. All Amsterdam signature dishes · Erwtensoep (Snert) across every city.
Café Hoppe ★ 4.6
Spui 18-20, 1012 XA Amsterdam
Café Hoppe on Spui has poured Amsterdam jenever and beer since 1670, the brown cafe with the dark-wood interior and the stand-at-the-bar after-work crowd.
Moeders ★ 4.0
jordaan · Rozengracht 251 HS, 1016 SX Amsterdam
Moeders on Rozengracht is the room for Dutch stamppot, erwtensoep and the other home-mother dishes, the walls covered in photos of mothers customers.