We bring the cooking class to you, wherever you might be staying in Budapest while visiting our beautiful city. No need for you to go anywhere to take a cooking class in Budapest and enjoy a special day learning to cook authentic Hungarian recipes! We will arrive at your rented Budapest home with everything you [...]
Hungarian Beigli - Christmas Poppy Seed and Walnut Roll Cake Hungarian Beigli is a traditional walnut and poppy seed roll which is served in many Hungarian families at Christmas as a special treat. The Christmas meal table would be incomplete without these rolls. Here is my recipe: Ingredients For the dough: 500 grams (17,6 [...]
Hungarian Christmas Walnut Cookies (Hókifli) These Christmas walnut cookies have a sweet, nutty filling inside a flakey, rich pastry! Heavily sprinkled with icing sugar mixed with vanilla flavored sugar. While they are traditionally made at Christmastime, they are outstanding any time of year! A perfect Christmas dessert, easy to make, plus, they keep [...]
Hungarian poppy seed bread pudding (Mákos Guba) is a Christmas classic in Hungary. Poppy seed is a favorite ingredient all over Central-Europe, a symbol of wealth and fertility. In Hungary, we fill everything with poppy seeds at Christmas time, but we also use them in bread, pasta and baked goods like pies, strudels, and cakes. [...]
Hungarian potato soup with sausage and sour cream is easy to make, and its flavor is unique. It has been a favorite in my family for many generations. Its just some potatoes cooked in water with sausage and bay leaves. The bay leaves are an important flavor ingredient. Do not omit them. In the end [...]
Fruit soups are very popular in Hungary and made from a wide variety of fruits, from apple to sour cherry. They are definitely quite different than any soup you have ever made. Very refreshing, with a nice balance of sweet and sour. They are almost always served cold, and often with a dollop of whipped [...]
Hungarian mushroom paprika is a vegetarian dish, it is cooked exactly the same way as the famous chicken paprika, but we use mushrooms instead of chicken. It is served with nokedli noodles (spaetzle).
Potato paprika is one of the most popular peasant dishes of the country, easy to make, quick and delicious. You will often find in the rural areas and family cooking but rarely in restaurants. It can be a nice vegetarian dish, however, I almost always add some smoked paprika sausage. Main ingredients: onions, sweet pepper, [...]
Hungarian cottage cheese dumplings (Túrógombóc) are simply heaven if you are a fan of not too sweet desserts. It is very easy to make, the cottage cheese balls are coated with toasted breadcrumbs, served with sour cream and powdered sugar. Instead of cottage cheese you can use farmer’s cheese or fresh ricotta. It’s flavor will [...]
Traditional ragout soup is made with vegetables (onion, carrot, parsley root, celery root, mushroom, green peas, lemon juice and heavy cream and tarragon. Chicken breast fillet also can be added, but it is a wonderful light soup which can be vegetarian. It is important to add tarragon towards the end of the cooking to be [...]
Hungarian beef goulash is a thick beef dish cooked with lots of onions, Hungarian paprika powder, tomatoes and some sweet peppers. You can have it with bread, or serve with nokedli noodles (spaetzle) or boiled potatoes and pickles.
Hungarian meatballs are very easy to make, scrumptious and perfect for a party or a buffet. Also, they are eaten either with vegetable stews (I prefer potato stew) as a simple dish, or with white bread as a sandwich. Not to mention, kids totally love them! Traditionally it is made with pork, but any type [...]
The Hortobágyi palacsinta is a savoury Hungarian pancake, filled with meat. Hungarian cuisine uses chicken stew as a filling.This dish originaly was a warm appetiser but now it served as a main course. The pancakes are filled with the minced meat, tucking in the ends, and are baked in the oven with a paprika and [...]
Chicken paprika or also called paprika chicken, is one of Hungary’s most famous dishes, traditionally made with chicken, onions sauteed in sunflower oil or pork lard, red paprika powder, tomato, pepper, thickened with sour cream, served with nokedli noodles. Hungarian nokedli noodles are made by passing the dough through a noodle grater into boiling water. [...]
fluffy egg white clouds floating in vanilla custard. This traditional Hungarian dessert is really nice and very popular among kids (and grown-up kids). It is easy to prepare, light, and extremely delicious. It is called ”Madártej” (“MOD-AR-TAY”) in Hungarian, which means bird’s milk. It is a good thing to know that it requires simple ingredients [...]
