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Stuffed peppers in tomato sauce

Toltott paprika

These days I make this dish with lean ground turkey but the traditional is made with pork. For a most authentic taste use Hungarian wax peppers (image below), if it’s not available any other sweet pepper will give you a…

Hungarian Quark Cheese Noodles – Túrós tészta

Hungarian Quark Cheese Noodles

Hungarian quark cheese noodles, “túrós tészta” is a firm favourite with the entire population of Hungary. It’s not exactly a diet food but so easy to make and utterly delicious for an ocassional indulgence. Often served as a second course…

New Years Eve Lentil Salad

Lentil salad

New Years Eve is fast approaching when lentils are a popular choice on the menu as it would bring wealth and money according to one of the many traditional beliefs. This is a lighter lentil based party salad with cooked…

Chicken à la Dubarry

Csirke Dubarry Modra

Whenever I’m in Budapest looking to grab a quick lunch I sooner or later will come across “Chicken Dubbary style” on the menus of takeaways and restaurants. The dish gained popularity in home cooking too. A little bit fiddly as…

Breaded Chicken – Rántott hús

Breaded fried chicken

A firm favourite in the Hungarian home usually made on the weekend or at family celebration. The type of meat can vary, most popular being pork, chicken or even veal which is a very similar dish to Veal Milanese. This…

Lángos – Hungarian Fried Bread

Hungarian Lángos

A popular snack sold freshly made which can’t go amiss especially when holidaying by lake Balaton in Hungary. Here is a home-made version with added mashed potatoes that make the dough extra soft. Ingredients (for 20 pieces) Langos: 500 g…

Hungarian Layered Savoy Cabbage

Layered savoy cabbage - rakott kel

Have to warn in advance that this is a somewhat challenging dish. Not because difficult to make, but more so for the array of pots and pans that are used and have to be washed up afterwards. :-)  It’s all…