Breads, buns & biscuits

Hungarian bundt cake with raisins

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...

Hungarian braided sweet bread

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...

Linzer cookies

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...

Cheese straws

Cheese straws

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...

Paprika crescents

Paprika crescents

The recipe of paprika crescents originates from the region of Kalocsa, a small town on the Southern Great Plain, 110 kilometres from Budapest, near...

Chocolate covered pretzels

Chocolate covered pretzels

Chocolate covered pretzels can be baked at home, there is no wizardry in it. The only thing you need is a handy kitchen gadget, a pretzel cutter...

Moscauer

Moscauer

Moscauer is closely related to the famous Florentine, these small tea biscuits are mainly baked on festive occasions. It would be hard to find out...

Non plus ultra

Non plus ultra

The Latin phrase in the title that first appeared in the Book of Job and everyday language took over it from the Bible is the attributive and also...

Tarkedli, the Czech donut

Tarkedli, the Czech donut

Tarkedli (or talkedli) is a Czech donut that appeared in the Hungarian cuisine first in the 19th century. In the sometime Austro-Hungarian Monarchy...

Banana leaves from Orosháza

Banana leaves from Orosháza

Banana leaves are a brioche-like pastry, that are named after their shape, and contrary to their name they don't contain banana. It's made from a...

Zsemle

Zsemle

Beside bakery crescent zsemle or Hungarian bun is the other  fundamental bakery product in Hungary.  However, finding good zsemle in the...

Salty crescents – Sós kifli

Salty crescents – Sós kifli

In Hungary most people choose some kind of bakery product for breakfast, salty crescents or sós kifli are among the most popular ones. Salty...

Oven baked chimney cake

Oven baked chimney cake

Chimney cake (or kürtőskalács in Hungarian) is a popular pastry specific to the Hungarian-speaking regions, mainly to Szekler Land (East...

Beigli

Beigli

Several legends circulate about the beigli's origin, but it's sure that it appeared in Hungary in the second half of the 19th century and since then...

Sunflower shaped sweet bread

Sunflower shaped sweet bread

This sweet bread is not only breathtakingly beautiful, but its taste is also heavenly. It isn't as difficult to prepare it as it seems. Sunflower...

Hungarian cottage cheese

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.

Wish list

If you are looking for a Hungarian recipe that hasn't been published on this website yet, let me know, and I'll do my best to post it.

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.

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