Mákos fentő is a special dessert from the Palóc cuisine, often called the elegant cousin of mákos guba. It’s a type of baked dough that, once out of...
poppy seeds
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,...
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...
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...
Mákos guba – Poppy seed bread pudding
Mákos guba is a mystical food: it's dry and soggy, salty and sweet at the same time. It's a dessert, but it's often served as a main dish after...
Poppy seed noodles – Mákos tészta
Making this dish is the quickest way to enjoy poppy seeds instantly. There's no kneading, no waiting, just cook some noodles and combine them with...
Chocolate-raspberry-poppy seed squares
When I found the recipe of these chocolate-raspberry-poppy seed squares, I didn't even think that they would be so gorgeous. They are really...
Flódni
As the saying goes if you want to eat good flódni, you'll have to visit Hungary. The homeland of flódni is Hungary, but nowadays it's also offered...
Poppy seed potato dumplings – Mákos nudli
Hungarian nudli is a kind of potato dumplings, similar to the Italian gnocchi. It's made of a light potato dough (it's actually the same dough used...
Cat’s eye – Macskaszem
The origin of cat's eye or macskaszem is lost in the mists of time, but it's sure that it belongs to the old fashioned Hungarian granny desserts....
Hungarian poppy seed roll – Mákos kalács
I confess I'm a poppy seed addict. As a child I couldn't even bear its sight, now if it was possible, I would dose it "intravenously". Beigli,...
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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.