Hajtovány is a popular savoury pastry made in many regions of Hungary. It has a simple yeasted dough that is filled with a butter-egg-cheese mixture...
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Kapros dübbencs – Dill buns
The season of fresh dill has begun and its fans may enjoy this amazing herb in several foods: dill sauce is perfect for a light summer lunch, or you...
Sausage scones
There are hundreds of pogácsa recipes, but the common feature of Hungarian scones is that they all have egg, yeast and a considerable amount of fat...
Cheese crescent rolls
If you like cheese scones, you may also find these cheese crescent rolls enjoyable. They are filled with salted butter and a mild-tasting cheese - I...
Ring doughnuts
Sometimes even the tiniest thing is enough to make us feel all right for a moment. To me, biting into a doughnut is one of those things. While not a...
Honey-butter sweet bread
I learned the recipe of this honey-butter sweet bread a few months ago. What raised my interest was an unusual ingredient, namely corn flour, which...
Mini salty crescent rolls
While salty crescents are eaten for breakfast, these mini salty crescent rolls are a popular homemade snack, which is usually made when you have...
Salty pretzels
Pretzels have been with us for centuries. Opinions differ about the pretzel's origin, as well as the origin of the name. Some assume that the...
Rongyos lapótya
Rongyos lapótya is a pan-fried flatbread that can be considered as the little brother of lángos. It's made from a yeasted dough spread with lard....
Twisted plum jam doughnuts
Doughnuts are everywhere. Ring doughnuts, long doughnuts, filled or twisted - there are plenty of choices. Since the 14th century they have...
Easy-to-make crackling scones
Although I have already published a recipe for classic crackling scones, today I brought you a new recipe that shows how to make crackling scones in...
Csotros kalács
I first saw csotros kalács in Gasztroangyal, a Hungarian series presenting our country's regions and traditional foods. The recipe's original name...
Apricot-vanilla pudding filled bundt cake
Bundt cakes are a bit old-fashioned, but they’ve never gone out of style. A ring-shaped ridged bundt pan can transform the most basic cake recipe...
Deák Bundt Cake / Deák-kuglóf
Today's cake was named after Ferenc Deák, Hungarian Statesman and Minister of Justice in the 19th century, who was also referred to as "The Wise Man...
Túrós ökörszem
Even though there would be a demand for it since many people remember this pastry with certain nostalgia, you can find ökörszem in Hungarian...
Cheese scones
Cheese scones are the most popular pogácsa in Hungary. Pogácsa is a simple and delicious snack food, which is generally one of the first things to...
Borsos kalács – Pepper buns
The hometown of borsos kalács is Szeremle, a village in Bács-Kiskun county that lies south-west to Baja, by the river Sugovica. Agriculture plays an...
Plum jam bundt cake
There’s probably few people who haven’t heard of bundt cakes. The distinctive ring shaped bundt cake derives from a European brioche-like cake...
Lángos, the Hungarian street food
Lángos, this traditional Hungarian street food, is slowly conquering the whole world, the number of its fans is increasing day by day. Lángos...
Ham scones
Leftover Easter ham usually gives plenty to think about, its using up usually puts your creativity to the test. This year I ground the leftover...
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This is what Hungarian túró looks like
You often ask me what kind of cottage cheese (or curd cheese or farmer's cheese - call it what you want) I use in the recipes. In Hungary the store-bought cottage cheese is dry and crumbly as you can see in the picture. So if a recipe calls for túró, I mean this type. If you can't obtain túró, you can try to make your own from whole milk. Click on the link below.
Metric system vs cup
In Hungary metric units are in use, all the recipes on this website are based on this system, so a kitchen scale is necessary. Since I’m not familiar with cup as a measurement unit, I convert grams to cups by using an online converter. The values in brackets, therefore, are only approximate volumes, so, please, double-check them before you start cooking.