Spritz cookies or Spritzgebäck is a type of German Christmas biscuits made with flour, sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs. However these simple cookies can be flavoured with ingredients like chocolate, nuts and cocoa. When...
Advent in Hungary means not only the preparation for Christmas, but it’s also the season of pig killing. At this time of year the loud noise of gas cylinders resounds through the towns and...
Rest assured, neither Bambi nor his relatives fell prey to this recipe. Őznyelv is an old-school confection that was probably named after its form reminiscent of a deer’s tongue. Today confectioneries don’t offer these...
Cheese scones are the most popular pogácsa in Hungary. Pogácsa is a simple and delicious snack food, which is generally one of the first things to be served at dinner parties and get-togethers. Those...
The hometown of borsos kalács is Szeremle, a village in Bács-Kiskun county that lies south-west to Baja, by the river Sugovica. Agriculture plays an important role in the village, however commercial and industrial firms...
Though its name doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, mocskos tészta is one of the best pasta I have ever eaten. If you read the ingredients, you may think this dish is a product of new...
Körömpörkölt is the heavyweight champion of stews. Its taste and consistency differ completely from other stews, this sticky dish is unique in its way. It can be also treated as a “medicinal preparation” because...
Mézes zserbó and classic Gerbeaud slices have only 2 things in common: both of them are made up of 4 cake layers and topped with chocolate glaze. Contrary to classic zserbó the dough of...
Similar to layered potatoes this egg barley dish is made up with sliced sausages and hard boiled eggs, it’s, however, also turbocharged with an extra layer of lecsó ( you know the Hungarian ratatouille...
Mushrooms have long been celebrated as a source of powerful nutrients, they are known as the “meat” of the vegetable world. Mushrooms are a low-calorie food rich in B vitamins and essential minerals such...
Mákos guba is a mystical food: it’s dry and soggy, salty and sweet at the same time, it’s a dessert, however it’s often served as a main dish after hearty soups. But one thing...
Braised red cabbage is the obligatory side dish of duck and goose roasts in Hungary. There are a number of ways to cook red cabbage but the most common is to braise it. It...
Túró Rudi is one those things that makes the Hungarian heart beat faster. It’s the sweets Hungarians living abroad miss the most. This popular cottage cheese filled chocolate bar has been produced since 1968....
The homeland of this simple, but divine pork roast is Torda, a town near Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) in Transylvania. Roast of Torda is usually served as a part of the Fatányéros (Mixed Grill), which is...
There’s probably few people who haven’t heard of bundt cakes. The distinctive ring shaped bundt cake derives from a European brioche-like cake called Gugelhupf, which was particularly popular among Jewish communities in parts of...
Beer is the best thing that can happen to chicken. High quality beer made from malt and hop gives the meat beautiful, shiny color and makes it very soft and scrumptious. Don’t worry, the...
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.
Hungarian apple pie
How to make Hungarian sausage
Körözött – Hungarian cheese spread
Hungarian yellow bean soup
Zserbó / Gerbeaud Slice
Lángos, the Hungarian street food
Flódni
Stuffed cabbage from Szabolcs
Cocoa snails – Kakaós csigaMájas hurka
Golden walnut dumplings – Aranygaluska
Hungarian fisherman’s soup
Beigli
Walnut cake
Hungarian white bread
Hungarian krémes
Hungarian potato soup
Hungarian egg drop soup – Savanyú tojásleves
Hungarian goulash soup
Hungarian cottage cheese bundles