In June Hungarian raspberries burst into season and they are busy swelling to their full splendour. Growing raspberries is a great way to enjoy your...
Made in Hungary
Borsos tokány / Pepper pork ragout
Tokány is the ancestor of the pörkölt, it was made without paprika and onion for centuries. In Transylvania stew is called tocană. Tokány can be...
Strawberry millet squares/ Epres kölesmálé
Did you know that millet can be a great base of delicious desserts? The Hungarian kölesmálé is a good example how this grain can be used in a...
Hunter style beef with bread roll dumplings
Vadas is a popular preparation method of game meat, but it works well with beef, too. Vadas or hunter style meat is a complex and rich dish with the...
Stuffed cabbage from Szabolcs
As I have written earlier, you can meet different recipes of stuffed cabbage depending on which part of the country you visit. Its name varies, too:...
Strawberry cottage cheese cake
The strawberry season lasts from mid-May till mid-June in Hungary, and market stalls are now sagging under the weight of the queen of the fruits....
Hungarian egg barley soup – Tarhonyaleves
Tarhonya, this traditional Hungarian egg-based pasta can be considered the heritage of the nomadic lifestyle of past Hungarian sheperds: wandering...
Noodles with cabbage – made in a somewhat different way
Fried cabbage with noodles is an old dish of the Hungarian cuisine, which often appears on the households' dining table. The authentic version of...
Cocoa snails – Kakaós csiga
10th January 1908 - this is the day when the first cocoa snails were born. A baker in Göd (a little town in the Danube bend, near Budapest)...
Kossuth-kifli – Walnut half moon cookies
According to the legend, the Hungarian politician, Lajos Kossuth generally stayed in the Hotel Zöldfa (Green tree) when he arrived to Bratislava in...
Lángos, the Hungarian street food
Lángos, this traditional Hungarian street food, is slowly conquering the whole world, the number of its fans is increasing day by day. Lángos...
Leipzig slices – Lipcsei szelet
It's not clear whether this cake was named after the largest city of Saxony, or its contriver's family name was Lipcsei / Leipzig, but it's sure...
Hungarian gizzard stew
In the western countries the consumption of offal and giblets has fallen out of favor, though in today's world of worthless (high calorie but low...
Dödölle
Dödölle, ganca, gánica, cinke - all these names refer to one dish that is known and cooked throughout Hungary, a cheap peasant food that was eaten...
Hungarian punch cake – Puncstorta
Pink and rum - these are the words that come to every Hungarian's mind when they hear punch cake. Though the composition of the filling may vary,...
Frankfurter rolls
Frankfurter rolls, as a member of pigs in a blanket type foods, are very popular in Hungary. Stores supply a wide range of virsli (that's how we...
Pork ragout soup with tarragon
The homeland of dishes with tarragon is Transylvania, this versatile herb has a long tradition in the Transylvanian cuisine. Tarragon has an intense...
Ham scones
Leftover Easter ham usually gives plenty to think about, its using up usually puts your creativity to the test. This year I ground the leftover...
Karcagi Ferdinánd – sweet vanilla-butter snails from Eastern Hungary
Karcagi Ferdinánd - this is the name of these soft vanilla-butter snails that stick together into a round cake form during baking. It's wrapped in...
Semolina dumplings – Grízgaluska
Chicken broth is often served in Hungary with semolina dumplings. Making those fluffy dumplings is always a great challenge because you have to find...
Bean goulash – Babgulyás
Bean goulash is similar to the traditional gulyás, but instead of potatoes it's made with dried beans. In Hungary pinto beans are the most commonly...
Goosefoot cake – Lúdláb torta
Its popularity is equal to Rigó Jancsi, at hearing its name chocolate fans sigh pleasurably evoking the taste of rum soaked sour cherries hidden in...
Hungarian venison stew
Hungary is literally a large and contiguous game preserve, where most of the game stock lives free, in their natural surroundings. The country,...
Chocolate coconut balls – Kókuszgolyó
Chocolate coconut balls are simple, but delicious desserts. You just have to combine the ingredients, shape balls and roll them into shredded...
Vasi pecsenye – Garlic pork butt from the Őrség
The recipe of vasi pecsenye comes from the Őrség, a historical and ethnographical region, which is also a national park, located in the most...
Yellow split pea stew – Sárgaborsó főzelék
Hungarian főzelék (vegetable stews) can be made not just from fresh vegetables, but from dried legumes, too. Split peas (sárgaborsó, felesborsó in...
Chocolate-hazelnut sweet braided bread
Creating the recipe of the perfect chocolate sweet bread is one of those projects I have been working on for a few years. With several attempts...
Potato pasta – Krumplis tészta
Potato pasta, also known as gránátos kocka or grenadírmars, is a simple and cheap dish made from potatoes and noodles. Despite that its recipe...
Vízen kullogó
Vízen kullogó can be called the Hungarian brioche, which is, however, undoubtedly much better than the French version. It's an old-time folk pastry...
Hungarian layered millet mush
Millet is one of those ancient grains that have been used throughout the ages and across many countries, and have played an important role in human...
Popular recipes
Körözött – Hungarian cheese spread
Golden walnut dumplings – Aranygaluska- Lekváros derelye
- Let’s make szaloncukor
- Hungarian yellow bean soup
- Sólet, the slow cooked Jewish-Hungarian stew
- Flódni
- Házi paprikakrém – Homemade Hungarian red pepper paste
- White summer squash soup with dill
- Langalló – The Hungarian pizza
- Ischler cookies
- Vargabéles
- Pork feet stew – Körömpörkölt
- Cocoa snails – Kakaós csiga
- Házi rétes – Homemade strudel
Beef tripe stew – Pacalpörkölt- Fruit soup
- Cabbage in tomato sauce
- Kokosh cake – Kakaós kalács
- Sajtos stangli – Cheesy sticks
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.