Category: Food and Recipes
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Rácponty: Baked Carp with Paprika Sour Cream
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 15 minutes resting for the fish) Cook Time: 30–35 minutes Total Time: 65–70 minutes Quick Ingredients 2 lb (900 g) carp steaks or firm white fish (1–1.25 in thick) 2 large onions, thinly sliced 3 ripe tomatoes, sliced 2 Hungarian wax or green…
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Kakaós Csiga: Soft Cocoa-Swirl Yeasted Rolls
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 rolls Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes Quick Ingredients 450 g all-purpose flour (about 3 2/3 cups) 60 g sugar (1/4 cup + 1 tbsp), 5 g fine salt (1 tsp) 7 g instant yeast (2 1/4 tsp) 240 ml warm…
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Hagymás Rostélyos with Caramelized Onions and Parsley Potatoes
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 4–12 hours marinating) Cook Time: 60 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes (plus 4–12 hours marinating) Quick Ingredients 4 beef ribeye or striploin steaks, 2.5 cm thick (about 250 g each) 1 kg yellow onions, thinly sliced 900 g waxy potatoes, peeled…
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Creamy Hentes Tokány with Nokedli Dumplings
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 75 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 kg (2.2 lb) boneless pork shoulder, cut into 1.3 cm x 5 cm (1/2 x 2 in) strips 120 g (4 oz) smoked bacon, diced 2 medium yellow onions (about 300…
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Skillet Dubarry Pork Cutlets with Cauliflower and Cheese Béchamel
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Quick Ingredients 4 boneless pork loin chops (about 6 oz/170 g each), 1 tsp kosher salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp sweet paprika, 2 tbsp flour, 1 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp butter 1 medium…
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Mátrai Borzaska: Potato-Crusted Cutlets with Garlic Sour Cream
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Quick Ingredients 4 thin pork loin chops or chicken cutlets (140–170 g each) 700 g starchy potatoes (about 4 medium), coarsely grated 1 small onion, grated (optional) 2 large eggs 60 g all-purpose flour (1/2 cup),…
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Juhtúrós Puliszka with Sheep’s Cheese and Bacon Cracklings
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 cup (160 g) fine/medium yellow cornmeal (not instant) 3 1/2 cups (830 ml) water 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk 1 1/4 tsp kosher salt 3 tbsp (42 g) unsalted butter 9 oz…
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Hungarian Stuffed Pork Belly with Paprika and Herbs
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes (includes 15-minute rest) Quick Ingredients 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) skin-on pork belly, pocket cut Kosher salt (2 tsp for rub + 1 tsp for stuffing) Black pepper (1 tsp rub + 1/2…
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Creamy Hungarian Potato Stew with Fried Egg
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 kg waxy potatoes (Yukon Gold), peeled and 2 cm cubes 1 medium onion, finely diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp unsalted butter + 1 tbsp sunflower oil (for roux) 1/4 cup (30…
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Hungarian Braided Sweet Bread (Fonott Kalács)
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 slices (1 large loaf) Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes Quick Ingredients 500 g bread flour (about 4 cups) 220 ml whole milk, warmed to 43°C/110°F 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (7 g) 70 g granulated sugar (1/3 cup) 1…
