If you asked anyone in Hungary to enumerate some "vintage" things that awaken pleasant memories, chocolate-vanilla rings would be certainly...
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Hungarian krémes
Mille-feuille, mille foglie, Napoleon, vanilla slice, Crèmeschnitte, krémes - several names, but one recipe. They all refer to a much-loved dessert...
Lettuce soup
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...
Sheperd’s noodles / Pásztortarhonya
Pásztortarhonya is a typical Hungarian one-pot meal, a great and filling legacy of old times. Hungarians' ancestors were stock-breeder and they...
Elderflower soft drink
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 with polenta
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...
Floating islands – Madártej
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 – The Hungarian pizza
Langalló, kenyérlángos, töki pompos, Scythian pizza - they all are the names of an old Hungarian food. Langalló is a flat bread, similar to the...
Hungarian bundt cake with raisins
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...
Plum jam filled buns with vanilla custard / Lekváros bukta
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 – Pork stew with rice
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...
Hungarian braided sweet bread
Easter without kalács (this is the Hungarian name of sweet bread) is like Christmas without Christmas tree. Hungarian kalács is similar to the...
Mézes tészta – Honey-vanilla squares
As I haven't found better translation for mézes tészta, I decided to use the term honey-vanilla squares. Honey-flavoured cakes are very...
Braised and roasted pork shank / Csülök pékné módra
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...
Gundel crepes
We are a crepe eating nation. I have met nobody who isn't fond of those beautiful paper thin pancakes. They can be sweet or salty, rolled up,...
Linzer cookies
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...
Veal ragout soup with potato dumplings from the Nyírség
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...
Rigó Jancsi
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
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
Mézes krémes is a delectable dessert, which is an excellent representative of those typical Hungarian cakes that are made from kneaded dough and...
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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.