I guess there's propably nobody who hasn't heard about linzer cookies. It's one of the oldest pastries known all around the world. In view of the...
I guess there's propably nobody who hasn't heard about linzer cookies. It's one of the oldest pastries known all around the world. In view of the...
This veal ragout soup is so thick you can stand a spoon up in it. It originates from the Nyírség, which is the northeastern part of the Great...
This old fashioned cake keeps the memory of a Hungarian-Belgian romantic story. It was named after Rigó Jancsi (1858-1927), who was a famous...
Brassói aprópecsenye literally means tiny roasts from Brasov; however, these "roasts" are in fact bits of pork fried up and served on a bed of fried...
Mézes krémes is a delectable dessert, which is an excellent representative of those typical Hungarian cakes that are made from kneaded dough and...
It's a piece of cake to make these light and crispy cheese straws, which are inevitable accesories of beer drinking with friends. Just knead a...
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.
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.