Alföld bean stew, a rustic dish deeply rooted in Hungarian culinary traditions, offers a comforting and hearty meal that has been passed down...
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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...
Sausage scones
There are hundreds of pogácsa recipes, but the common feature of Hungarian scones is that they all have egg, yeast and a considerable amount of fat...
Hortobágy pork stew with sausage
If you hear the word Hortobágy, you may associate it with the puszta, herd of grey cattles or the famous meat crepes. But there is also a stew that...
Layered egg barley
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...
Roasted chicken legs with sausage
Chicken dishes are generally light and contain only a small amount of fat; however, it doesn't apply to the following recipe. This food is heavy,...
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...
White kidney bean stew
In the Hungarian cuisine dry pinto beans are commonly used, mainly for soup and sólet. However, dry bean stew is made with white kidney beans. This...
Kolozsvár layered sauerkraut – Kolozsvári rakott káposzta
We Hungarians like to make challenging foods, layered dishes serve as a good example. Don't worry, their preparation doesn't call for professional...
Hungarian potato soup
Potato is an essential crop in Hungary, it's an integral part of our food supply. Potatoes were domesticated in the Andes approximately 7,000–10,000...
Langalló – The Hungarian pizza
Langalló, kenyérlángos, töki pompos, Scythian pizza - they all are the names of an old Hungarian food. Langalló is a flat bread, similar to the...
Hungarian sauerkraut soup – Korhelyleves
The Hungarian name of this sauerkraut soup is korhelyleves whose literal English translation means drunkard's soup. It's eaten traditionally on New...
Layered potatoes (Rakott krumpli)
Rakott krumpli or layered potatoes are a typical, Hungarian, baked casserole-type dish. It's made from only a few ingredients, but it contains all...
Pig Slaughter
Pig slaughter is a very important event in the villages, a part of the Hungarian culture for centuries. Pig is killed to provide the family with...
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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.