Szatymaz, a charming village in Csongrád-Csanád county, is renowned for its rich agricultural heritage, particularly its luscious peaches. Each...
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Francia krémes
Francia krémes is a refined Hungarian pastry that merges French pastry techniques with Hungary’s beloved dessert culture. Known for its lightness,...
Walnut sour cherry bread pudding
This bread pudding is actually the summer version of the well known mákos guba. It's similarly made with stale crescents soaked in vanilla custard....
Golden walnut dumplings – Aranygaluska
Aranygaluska is a Hungarian Jewish dessert, generally baked for Purim. The name aranygaluska literally means “golden dumpling” and by the 1880s,...
Russian cream torte – Oroszkrém torta
The recipe of Russian cream torte appeared and was widepsread between the World Wars. Despite its name this torte has nothing to do with the...
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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.