If you like your potatoes sliced thin and baked until they're creamy and cheesy, you will love Hungarian style potatoes. I've based this recipe on the Hungarian version of scalloped potatoes, a casserole called rakott krumpli. It shouldn't be difficult to make potatoes, Hungarian or otherwise I really, really wanted to make this with kielbasa (I know it's not Hungarian), but was unable to find any with walking distance in Valladolid. I tried to substitute fresh chorizo even though the local stuff tends to turn into hard lumps if cooked too long. In addition, I cut the recipe in half
This Slovak cheese roll (tvarohova strudla) resembles a braided coffee cake that is filled with cream cheese and creamed cottage cheese.
Hungarian cuisine, this cuisine belongs to Hungary, and to its primary ethnic group The Magyars.Hungarian dishes are cooked with meats, seasonal vegetables, fruits,fresh bread, dairy products and cheese.Hungarians love to enjoy their meat in stews, casseroles, as steaks. The mixing of different meats and vegetables in their dish is a traditional feature of this cuisine.Soups,desserts, pastries and the famous pancakes are the other important dishes of this Hungarian cuisine.I have been looking for a simple recipe from this cuisine for this month's long blogging marathon as we are cooking from around the world with country name starts with alphabets, since today"s alphabet is 'H',i picked immediately the Hungarian cuisine. While going through the google master, i got hooked immediately to their Palacsinta, the famous Hungarian pancakes or crepes. These crepes are almost as like French crepes.However most of the Central European pancakes are thin pancakes similar to the French crêpe. The main difference between the French and this Hungarian version of this dish is that the mixture for this crepes can be used straight away unlike that of the French crepes which is suggested to be left at rest for several hours. Palacsinta are made by creating a runny dough from eggs, flour, milk, and salt and frying it in a pan with butter or oil. Unlike thicker types of pancakes, palascinta are usually served with different types of fillings and eaten for lunch or dinner.One among the well known crepes of this Hungarian cuisine is the Gundel pancake (Gundel palacsinta), made with ground walnuts, raisin, candied orange peel, cinnamon, and rum filling, served flambéed in dark chocolate sauce made with egg yolks, heavy cream, and cocoa. But the Hungarian pancakes i picked for this blogging marathon is the simplest one, you can fill this palacsinta simply with any spread like apricot or strawberry jam, you can also go for sugar, grounded walnuts or poppy seeds. Some people may also fill their pancakes with sugared cheese, sweetened cocoa or simply with cinnamon powder. These thin crepes are dangerously addictive and my kids enjoyed this cigars shaped like crepes happily for their evening snacks. These crepes can be prepared very easily with simple ingredients,we loved it very much. However i prepared this crepes with eggs, an eggless version can also be prepared if you replace the eggs simply with buttermilk. Recipe Source: Budapestology 2cups All purpose flour 3cups Milk 3nos Eggs 2tsp Sugar 2tbsp Oil Take the eggs in a large bowl, beat with a hand mixer. Add the flour, sugar, milk and oil, beat everything well, the batter should be smooth and runny. Heat a crepe pan or a frying pan, heat some butter on medium heat, drop enough batter, turn the pan until the batter cover the bottom of the pan. This crepe should be thin, when its turns brown, flip and cook on the other side. Remove the crepe from the pan, continue the same process with the remaining batter. Put jam, marmalade or anything over the crepe, spread it and roll it carefully. Sprinkle some sugar in the top. Serve immediately. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 44 An InLinkz Link-up
Citizens, it is a stated fact that the Hungarians have taught both the French and the Austrians virtually everything there is to know about baking killer desserts. I've covered many Hungarian desserts here on TFD
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In between rounds of Sushi Go Round (Thanks Allergy Mom! It's my new game addiction) I found myself in the mood for some comfort food. My cravings turned to something I've wanted to make for awhile, pagach. Pagach is Slovak bread filled with cabbage or sometimes potatoes. I always loved it slathered in butter when my mom and grandma Helen would make it. I had my parents dig out the recipe from my grandmother's church cookbook a while back only to find out that the recipe calls for ten cups of flour!! My dad also found this recipe online for a smaller batch and with a few alterations I made my first batch on my own. I was happy with the result. Though my batch was a tad thinner it could have easily passed for one made by my mom or grandma. Here's what I did: Pagach (Slovak Cabbage Bread) Makes 2 large flat breads (approximately 11x14 inches) Adapted from GoToCentralEurope.com and The Sacred Heart League Cookbook from Livonia, Michigan. Dough: 3 1/2 cups flour (I used white spelt, but I plan on using all-purpose next time) 1 teaspoon salt 2 1/4 teaspoons (1 pkg) dry yeast 1/4 cup warm water 1 tablespoon of sugar 2/3 cup scalded milk, cooled to lukewarm (I used warmed soy milk) 1 egg 1/3 butter, melted (I used Earth Balance margarine) Filling: 1 medium to large head of cabbage, chopped 1 medium onion, diced 4-6 tablespoons of butter (again EB for me*) salt and pepper *Optional: 1/4 teaspoon of granulated garlic (I found that when I'm using Earth Balance instead of margarine a tiny bit of dry garlic makes cooked cabbage taste more like it was cooked in butter. I have no idea why this works but I do it all the time.) Additional butter (or EB) -Stir the yeast in the water and a pinch of sugar and let sit for a few minutes to proof. -Add flour and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook and stir together to distribute. -Beat the egg into the warm milk along with the melted butter and remaining sugar. Add the wet ingredients to the flour and salt and mix until a smooth dough forms. -Place the dough in a oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rest until doubled. -When doubled, punch the dough and give it a few quick kneads before recovering and allowing it to double again. -Make the cabbage filling by cooking down the cabbage, onion and butter (garlic powder optional) with salt and pepper to taste. You want the cabbage and onion to get soft and golden brown. I cook it over medium-low heat and stir frequently. Allow it to cool. -When the dough has doubled a second time divide it into quarters. Take one quarter and roll it out on parchment with a little flour until it is ~1/2 inch thick. Spread half of the cabbage mixture on top. Roll out a second quarter to match and lay it on top of the cabbage. Pinch the edges closed, cover with a damp cloth and allow it to rest for half an hour. Repeat with the remaining quarters of dough. -Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. -Roll out the sandwiched dough and cabbage as thin as you like (1/2 to 3/4 inch.) Brush with butter (or EB) and prick the top with a fork. Transfer the dough onto a baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown on top. Cut into pieces and serve with more butter (or EB.) -Realize that cabbage and starch is a wonderfully comforting thing. These places have a potato filling if you are interested in trying it that way: GoToCentralEurope.com The Joy of Soup: Pagach I'm adding this to Yeastspotting which is a wonderful weekly collection of recipes that use yeast. My collection of to-do bread, cracker, and other recipes always increases with each roundup.
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I recreated the krémes of my childhood. With several years of on and off krémes experiments behind me, I am happy to announce my first batch of successful krémes! Krémes is a classic Hungarian treat. Krémes is made from real vanilla custard; predominantly eggs and milk. It is sandwiched between layers of flaky pastry and then dusted off with a layer of confectionary sugar… krémes is pure delight on all fronts. I remember two types of krémes; homemade and the coffeehouse version. Homemade krémes was delicious, fairly flat with runny yellow cream between 2 layers of flaky pastry. Coffeehouse krémes was not quite as yellow; but was tall and light and most likely had some gelatine in its custard layer. I especially loved Hauer’s krémes! Hauer was the original name of the coffeehouse, but it went by a different name during the communist era. Was it Erkel? I don’t remember. Besides my family kept referring to it as Hauer, the name change when the coffeehouse was privatized was just one of the many things communism was resented for. Go back yet another twenty four years, exactly four years before I was born. The war just ended. Budapest was bombed to hell and the people were hungry, very hungry. In desperation for some cash my great aunt, Olgi néni saved her food stamps and managed to bake a tiny pan of krémes. She packed it up and took it down to the corner of Rákóczi út and Szövetség utca to sell. Along came a bedraggled Hungarian soldier, just back from the front, and grabbed the pan out of her hands. He sat down on the pavement and polished down the entire pan. He then wiped his face on his sleeves and gave the empty pan back to my weeping aunt. Of course he didn’t pay for it, how could he? When I heard this story, I didn’t know who to feel sorrier for, my aunt or that soldier. So you see krémes imbedded itself into my family history in a variety of ways. HUNGARIAN CUSTARD SLICEVanilla Infused Milk 2 cups milk 1 vanilla pod Flaky Pastry 1-1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp flour 3/4 cup chilled hard margarine 1 pinch of salt 4 Tbsp cold water 4 tsp vinegar Custard Layer 8 egg yolks 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup + 1Tbsp flour 2 pkg. or 2 Tbsp real vanilla sugar 3 pkg. gelatine [21 g] 1/4 cup unsalted butter 8 egg whites 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp fresh lemon juice candy thermometer is essential Topping 1/4 cup icing sugar • Make the vanilla infused milk first. • Heat the milk in a saucepan. • Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the milk with a paring knife, and add the bean pod to the milk. • Cover, remove from heat, and infuse for one hour. • Next make the flaky pastry. • In a large bowl crumble the flour and the chilled margarine to fine crumbs. • Mix in the salt. • Place the cold water and the vinegar in a small dish. • Pour the liquid over the pastry crumbs. • Stir to combine and gradually form a rough ball. • Generously flour a board and roll out the pastry into a thin rectangle. • Roll up the pastry and divide into 4 parts. • Roll each division into a thin rectangle. • Stack the four rectangles on top of one another. • Chill for twenty minutes. • Divide the chilled pastry into two equal halves. • Roll out the first pastry very thin. • Fold it in half and place the folded edge in the middle of the 9X13 baking pan. • Unfold and arrange the pastry with deep folds as in the photo. • Let the dough go up the sides halfway, pastry will shrink during baking. • Place in a preheated 400F oven for 14-18 minutes. • Keep a watch, pastry burns easily. • When the pastry is golden brown, remove pan from the oven. • Immediately cut pastry into twelve squares. • Divide the long side by 4 and the short side by 3. • Wait a few minutes and very carefully remove the squares and set them aside in the same order as they were in the pan. These will go on the top later. • Roll out the remaining dough and arrange it in the baking pan as before. • Bake the second pastry sheet and set it aside. This will be the bottom of the krémes. • Next make the custard layer. • In a medium sized bowl beat the egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar for 8 minutes • In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, gelatine and the vanilla sugar. • Gradually add the flour mixture to the beaten egg yolks and beat until smooth. • Remove the vanilla pods from the vanilla infused milk. • Gradually add the vanilla infused milk to the bowl with the eggs and the flour. • Transfer custard to a medium sized pot. • Attach the candy thermometer to the side of the pot so you can keep an eye on the temperature. • Over medium heat and continually stirring heat the custard. • Do not let custard heat beyond 80C [176F] for this recipe. • When the custard reached 80C remove from heat. • Stir in the butter and set aside. • While the custard is cooling whip the egg whites. • With clean beaters beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. • Add the lemon juice and beat until almost stiff. • Add 1/2 cup sugar and beat until very stiff and shiny. • Very slowly and gradually, gently fold the custard into the stiff egg whites. • Pour on top of the bottom pastry layer and place in the fridge. • Make sure the pan is level on the shelf. • When the gelatine is beginning to set, place the pastry squares on the top. • Let the krémes chill thoroughly. • Before serving generously sift icing sugar on the top. • Cut the slices between the pastry squares.
Fresh yet comforting, tangy, rich, and aromatic - a dish that perfectly represents cuisine from Eastern Europe.
It was August 2006. We went there for the European Swimming Championships, to follow the steps of the Empress Sissi, to visit the spas, the Imperial palace and
One of the most famous Hungarian dishes, this slow-simmered Hungarian beef and onion stew is loaded with flavor and is positively delicious!
Egy ideje őrizgetem már ezt a receptet. Még az ősszel Egyházaskozáron írtam ki magamnak, amikor ott kirándultunk. A hétvégén a közeli Újszentivánon rétesfesztivál volt, erről jutott eszembe megint. Legközelebb megvárom a hétvégét vele, mert így jó kis trappolás lett belőle. Szegény Macus barátnőm végig nézte a konyhai ámokfutásomat, de délre készen lett a 8 szál rétes és a két tepsi sajtos a levágott szélekből. A recept azért tartogatott meglepetést, amit a jegyzetelés alatt nem vettem észre. Persze akkor csak körmöltem nem figyeltem. 1 kg liszthez 1 liter tejet írt. Még jó, hogy a második félliternél megállt a kezem, nem öntöttem bele mindet, mert bevillant, hogy ennyitől galuskatésztát kapok. Hozzávalók: 1 kg rétesliszt vagy kenyérliszt 1 tojás kb. 6-6,5 dl langyos tej csipet só 1 ek. cukor A hozzávalókból rugalmas tésztát gyúrtam. 7 egyforma cipóra osztottam. 20 dkg mangalicazsír 1 ek. ecet A zsírba kevertem az ecetet. A cipókat egyesével kb. tányér nagyságúra nyújtottam. Az első tésztát megkentem az ecetes zsírral, erre borítottam a második tésztát, azt is megkentem, erre jött a harmadik, negyedik, stb.. Az utolsó tészta tetejét nem kell megkenni. Egy nagyobb langyos tállal leborítottam és egy órán át hagytam pihenni. Ezalatt elkészítettem a töltelékeket. Lecsepegtettem a meggyet, lereszeltem az almát, káposztát, kikevertem a túrót. Az ebédlőasztalt leterítettem egy abrosszal, meghintettem liszttel. Közepére tettem a pihentetett tésztát és óvatosan húzni kezdtem. Körbe-körbe jártam az asztalt, közben a tészta alá nyúltam a kézfejemmel és óvatosan húzkodtam egészen vékonyra. Mire készen lett teljesen beborította az asztalt. A lelógó szélét levágtam egy pizzavágóval, félretettem, a rétesek után feldaraboltam, tojással lekentem és sajttal megszórva sütöttem pirosra. A tészta szélét megszórtam édes morzsával, erre halmoztam egy sor tölteléket. Az abrosz segítségével kétszer ráhajtottam a tésztát. A tepsi méretére daraboltam, tetejét vékonyan megkentem olajjal. Forró, kb. 200 fokos sütőben kb. 15-20 perc alatt szép pirosra sütöttem. Lett 2-2 szál meggyes és almás: 2-2 szál túrós és káposztás.
The end of the year is fast approaching and everyone seems to anticipate the festive time ahead. I’ve already seen shops displayed their glittery decoration. And I’m completely astound …
If you like your potatoes sliced thin and baked until they're creamy and cheesy, you will love Hungarian style potatoes. I've based this recipe on the Hungarian version of scalloped potatoes, a casserole called rakott krumpli. It shouldn't be difficult to make potatoes, Hungarian or otherwise I really, really wanted to make this with kielbasa (I know it's not Hungarian), but was unable to find any with walking distance in Valladolid. I tried to substitute fresh chorizo even though the local stuff tends to turn into hard lumps if cooked too long. In addition, I cut the recipe in half
