Rákóczi túrós – Hungarian curd cheese squares in Rákóczi style

by | Jan 12, 2015 | Desserts

This sophisticated cake was named after János Rákóczi, a Hungarian confectioner and chef (1897-1966), its recipe was first published for a food magazine in 1937. It aquired international attention at the Expo in Brussels in 1958 where it was served at the Hungarian restaurant.

Every pastry shop in Hungary offers this cake; however, there might be differences in the look. The base of these Hungarian curd cheese squares is a thin sweet shortcrust pastry, followed by a layer of sweet curd cheese filling and topped with meringue. According to the original recipe there are some meringue grids on its top, filled in between with apricot jam, other versions have a very thick layer of meringue.

As I’m not so handy with a piping bag, I chose the simpler version, namely: shortcrust pastry – apricot jam – curd cheese filling – meringue. Some recipes advise to put the curd cheese through a sieve, but I didn’t do it because I prefer if the filling’s texture is more crumbly.

Rákóczi túrós - Hungarian curd cheese squares in Rákóczi style
Rákóczi túrós – Hungarian curd cheese squares in Rákóczi style – photo: zserbo.com

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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.

How to make túró at home

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.