In Hungary the most widely planted bean type is yellow bean, this variety is more popular than green bean. Yellow beans belong to the family of snap...
In Hungary the most widely planted bean type is yellow bean, this variety is more popular than green bean. Yellow beans belong to the family of snap...
Hungary is the homeland of főzelék, which can be described in English as a thick vegetable stew. Főzelék is a special category in the Hungarian...
As you might remember, a few weeks ago I already wrote a post about Győri Keksz, the Hungarian cookie factory. I thought the series should be...
I confess I'm a poppy seed addict. As a child I couldn't even bear its sight, now if it was possible, I would dose it "intravenously". Beigli,...
After harvesting the first, but small amount of green peas, I pondered the question of what dish to cook that wouldn't call for too much peas, and...
Accroding to historians scones (or pogácsa in Hungarian) are one of the oldest biscuits that were already baked in the time of the Hungarian...
If you asked anyone in Hungary to enumerate some "vintage" things that awaken pleasant memories, chocolate-vanilla rings would be certainly...
Mille-feuille, mille foglie, Napoleon, vanilla slice, Crèmeschnitte, krémes - several names, but one recipe. They all refer to a much-loved dessert...
It's June and lettuce plants are growing their heads industriously in our garden. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to tell you about this super...
Pásztortarhonya is a typical Hungarian one-pot meal, a great and filling legacy of old times. Hungarians' ancestors were stock-breeder and they...
Hungary is in elderflower season right now and it's the perfect time to make a refreshing drink from the heavily scented blossoms of Sambucus...
Transylvanian beef stew belongs to the large family of tokány, which is a kind of stew that doesn't contain paprika, seasoned with black pepper and...
Meringue floating on crème anglaise - this is the composition of this simple and light dessert of French origin. In Europe it's known by different...
Langalló, kenyérlángos, töki pompos, Scythian pizza - they all are the names of an old Hungarian food. Langalló is a flat bread, similar to the...
There is no room for doubt that bundt cake entered the history of gastronomy as a status symbol of the kitchens of the middle class at the turn of...
These sweet plum jam filled buns are one of the oldest Hungarian bakery products, their Hungarian name is lekváros bukta. The classic bukta is...
Bácskai rizseshús is a simple pork or (in some regions) chicken stew cooked with rice. I usually use pork shoulder because it's fattier than...
Easter without kalács (this is the Hungarian name of sweet bread) is like Christmas without Christmas tree. Hungarian kalács is similar to the...
As I haven't found better translation for mézes tészta, I decided to use the term honey-vanilla squares. Honey-flavoured cakes are very...
Pork shank is unfairly undervalued in my opinion, its tough texture usually deters people from trying to cook it, albeit it can be juicy, tender and...
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.