Buttered Lentils – Lencse-főzelék
Főzelék is a special category in Hungarian cuisine. It’s not quite a soup, but neither is it a stew. They are made in many ways and provide a cheap source of nutrition and yuminess. There is a potato főzelék, green bean főzelék, bean főzelék, spinach főzelék, pea főzelék, lettuce főzelék, squash főzelék and many, many […]
Hungarian Potato Bread
Many of our recipes end with the sentence: “Enjoy with a good rustic bread”. Bread is the staple food of Central Europe. We eat bread with everything. One of the challenges of moving was to find an everyday bread – frankly, supermarket “sandwich” bread here is pretty bad. Sorry my friends, it is the truth. […]
Hungarian Style Scrambled Eggs
One thing I have learned in the US is that scrambled egg are pretty boring. I know I can still go with an omelet, but many people are scared to prepared it because of an extra involvement to keep it intact and beautiful. Scrambled eggs are classic. Kids in my part of the world (well, […]
Filled doughnuts for Fat Tuesday
It’s Carnival season around these parts – before Lent the shops are decorated, kids’ costumes are on the racks, and doughnuts – sišky, fánk, or vdolky, depending on where you are – seem to be frying up everywhere you turn.
Bean Soup a la Jokai – Jokai Bableves
Today, warm up with one of the most famous soups in Hungary – bean soup a la Jokai.