I stumbled upon verzár in Transylvanian Feast, a cookbook written by Pál Kövi, while I was searching for savory pancake recipes. Verzár is thin...
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Gölödinleves – Potato dumpling soup
Gölödinleves is a potato dumpling soup often cooked in Tápióság and its neighborhood. Tápióság is a small village located in the county of Pest,...
Rezi szelet
Rezi szelet is a cake consisting of walnut, cocoa and poppy seed cake layers. It's filled with a mixture of semolina porridge and creamed butter,...
Cream of yellow split pea soup
Yellow split peas are a nutritious and versatile food that can be a healthy addition to a balanced diet. They are a good source of plant-based...
Lucskos káposzta – Pork stew with cabbage
Lucskos káposzta is similar to toros káposzta, but instead of sauerkraut this pork stew is made with white or green cabbage. The stew is thickened...
Pepita scones – Tökmagos pogácsa
Here is a new recipe that extends the list of Hungarian pogácsa variations. Pepita scones (tökmagos pogácsa) are made from a yeast dough containing...
Potato doughnuts
Potato doughnuts are a delicious and unique variation on the classic doughnut that are loved by many people. Its dough includes mashed potatoes as...
Swabian pork chops
Swabian peasant cuisine is thrifty, inventive and creative, just like the Swabians themselves. They used a lot of potatoes, flour, cabbage, fat,...
Cabbage casserole
The following recipe of cabbage casserole was inspired by Transylvanian Feast, a cookbook written by Pál Kövi. He wasn't even Transylvanian - he was...
Poppy seed bundles
These poppy seed bundles are made from a light and soft dough containing a considerable amount of cottage cheese and lard. The filling is a special...
Tejes kása – Polenta dumplings in milk
Tejes kása is an old peasant food made from only five ingredients, which was often on the tables in Békés (a small town in South-Eastern Hungary)...
Cream of broccoli soup
Broccoli is closely related to cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower, and it's a nutritional powerhouse full of vitamins, minerals, fiber...
Rakott csülök – Layered pork shank
It's commonly said that eating pork on New Year's Day brings good luck, so we gave it a chance and welcomed the New Year with layered pork shank...
Libaláb
Libaláb (do not confuse it with lúdláb) implies jam filled, folded cookies, which are rolled in granulated sugar before baking. The cookies are...
Hazelnut slab pie – Mogyorós béles
Nuts, as part of a balanced diet, are a good source of key nutrients, healthy fats, and protein, and eating them on a regular basis provides several...
Dubarry pork cutlets
In Hungary Dubarry pork cutlets often turn up on the menus of takeaways and restaurants, and they also gained popularity in home cooking. The...
Poppy seed pie – Mákos béles
If you want a poppy seed dessert for Christmas, but you don't have time and energy to make beigli, poppy seed pie (mákos béles) is for you. The most...
Sajtos stangli – Cheesy sticks
Sajtos stangli is a popular bakery product in Hungary, which is made from a soft yeast dough rich in butter and sour cream. These cheesy sticks can...
Red lentil soup with sausage chips
Red lentils are an easy-to-cook and versatile legume. They don't need to be soaked before cooking, the texture quickly becomes soft and creamy, so...
Gulka
Gulka comes from Upper Hungary, which is the usual English translation of Felvidék, the Hungarian term for the area that was historically the...
Apple turnovers
Turnovers are made by filling pastry dough (usually puff pastry) with a sweet or savory filling, sealing the edges and baking. Apple turnovers are...
Lacikrumpli
If you liked lacipecsenye, you are gonna love lacikrumpli too, which is a rethought version of the popular fair food. Pork cutlets are layered with...
Savoy cabbage and frankfurter soup
With its low calorie content and high nutrient density, savoy cabbage is just the thing for the cold months. In Hungary savoy cabbage is often...
Poor man’s cake
Poor man's cake is actually a bread pudding made with milk, butter, lemon zest and raisins. It's a delicious treat and an even better way to reduce...
Swabian onion pie
I stumbled upon the recipe of Swabian onion pie a few months ago when I was searching for traditional recipes, which would be worth showing you. I...
Classic tomato soup with alphabet pasta
I have already shared a tomato soup recipe, which contains vegetables and wide strip noodles.The following recipe is a kid-friendly version of...
Csacsifül
Csacsifül, which tranlates as donkey's ears, is apricot jam filled cookies similar to snow crescents. The dough contains considerable amounts of...
Chicken ragout with kohlrabi
Chicken ragout with kohlrabi was an old Hungarian recipe that had been forgotten over the past 100 years. It was published for the first time in a...
Dried bean ragout with smoked pork and sausage
This bean ragout is a robustly flavoured dish containing smoked pork, sausage and tomato. I suggest using dried beans if you can, to avoid...
Chocolate-sour cherry mousse cake
This mousse cake is a light summer dessert. I usually use sour cherry for the fruity layer, however, I have also made the cake with blackcurrant,...
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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.