Category: Food and Recipes

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 servings (8 small ramekins or 1 large 9×13-inch dish) Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 4 hours 30 minutes Total Time: 13 hours (includes chilling) Quick Ingredients 2 pork shanks, bone-in, skin-on (about 1.8 kg) 2 pig’s trotters, split (about 900 g) 3.5 liters cold water 1 medium onion,…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 generous slices Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 7 hours (includes 6 hours chilling) Quick Ingredients 2 sheets (400–500 g total) all-butter puff pastry 4 cups (960 ml) whole milk 2 cups (480 ml) heavy cream, divided 1 vanilla bean (or 2 tsp vanilla bean…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Quick Ingredients 12 oz (340 g) dried wide egg noodles 1 cup (160 g) coarse durum semolina (búzadara) 6 tbsp (85 g) unsalted butter Pinch fine salt 2–4 tbsp powdered sugar, to finish (or to taste)…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 servings (8-inch round, 5 layers) Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes (includes chilling and set time) Quick Ingredients 8 large egg whites (240 g), 1 cup granulated sugar (200 g), 1/4 tsp fine salt 2 1/2 cups…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 2 logs (about 20 slices) Prep Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 3 hours Quick Ingredients Dough (for 2 logs): All-purpose flour 500 g (4 cups), powdered sugar 60 g (1/2 cup), instant yeast 7 g (2 1/4 tsp), fine salt 1 tsp, cold unsalted…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 squares Prep Time: 35 minutes (plus 30 minutes chilling) Cook Time: 52 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes Quick Ingredients 280 g (2 1/4 cups) all-purpose flour 140 g (10 tbsp) cold unsalted butter, cubed 70 g (about 2/3 cup) powdered sugar 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/4…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 servings (fills one 2-liter jar) Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 72–96 hours (fermentation) Quick Ingredients 1.5 kg small pickling cucumbers (8–12 cm long) 1 large bunch fresh dill (preferably with 2–3 flower heads) 6–8 garlic cloves, halved 1.5 liters filtered water 38 g non-iodized…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 45 minutes Cook Time: 3 hours Total Time: 15 hours 45 minutes (includes 12 hours marinating) Quick Ingredients 1.2 kg beef round or silverside (in one piece) 500 g carrots, 200 g parsnips, 300 g celeriac, 2 onions 2 garlic cloves, 2 bay leaves, 8 black…

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…

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 lángos (serves 4–6) Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes (includes rising) Cook Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes Quick Ingredients 500 g (about 4 cups) all-purpose flour 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast 1 tsp sugar 1 1/2 tsp fine salt 200 ml warm whole milk +…