Chicken paprikash can be called as the alpha and omega of the Hungarian cuisine, this classic dish is the highlight of Sunday lunches. It's one of...
Meat dishes
Pork stew in Bakony style
There are several dishes in Hungary that are made in Bakony style, named after Bakony, the westernmost and largest member of the Transdanubian...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hungarian pork jelly – Kocsonya
In Hungary pork jelly or kocsonya is known as a main dish, usually cooked during the carnival season. As a Hungarian journalist said, kocsonya is...
Mátrai borzaska – Pork chops coated in grated potatoes
Mátrai borzaska means pork chops in potato coating, topped with sour cream, garlic and cheese. Its literal English translation means unkempt meat,...
Stuffed pork flank
Pork flank is not often used in the kitchen, although if you want to grill or make some stuffed dish, it is a good choice since it doesn't become...
Pan-fried pork collar steaks in Gypsy style
It's time to introduce a weighty representative of the Hungarian, more precisely the Gypsy gastronomy to you. (Here I would like to call the...
Tokány with pickled cucumbers
The easiest and at the same time the most difficult thing in making tokány is that you can cook it as you like it. There are so many variants known...
Stuffed peppers in tomato juice
A light summer dish with low carbohydrate content. It's always made of sweet wax peppers, the most common type of peppers produced in Hungary....
Layered potatoes (Rakott krumpli)
Rakott krumpli or layered potatoes are a typical, Hungarian, baked casserole-type dish. It's made from only a few ingredients, but it contains all...
Beef shank stew
Reading the post's title a question may come up: why beef shank and not another beef part? Beef shank comes from the leg of a bull or a cow. Though...
Pork stew with sauerkraut – Toros káposzta
Pork stew with sauerkraut (toros káposzta) is an obligatory dish of pig-killing day in several regions of Hungary. Traditionally it's served for...
Stuffed Cabbage
Stuffed cabbage is one of the most typical winter dishes in Hungary. It spread in Hungary in the 18th century due to Turkish influence. It's...
Popular recipes
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.