Hortobágyi palacsinta are Hungarian savoury meat-filled pancakes served with a rich paprika sour cream sauce, my version uses minced beef.
Hungarian Recipes
I spent 13 years living in a small village in the Hungarian countryside; those 13 years gave me a deep love of Hungarian grub.
It's an ancient cuisine often dominated by paprika, rocking rich stews and soups. But let me assure you, these recipes go way beyond what you think "goulash" and "paprikash" are.
You will find everything from stuffed pancakes to fried "bread" and surprising baked casseroles in this section.
Krumplis tészta is a gloriously satisfying, cheap and easy Hungarian "homestyle" meal that combines potatoes with onions, pasta and paprika.
Brassói aprópecsenye is a wonderfully comforting Hungarian dish that combines crispy potatoes with pork tenderloin, bacon and lots of garlic.
Hungarian mutton stew or birkapörkölt is a simple dish from the east of the country that combines bone-in meat with offal & loads of paprika.
Lamb goulash, a take on a birka (mutton) gulyas from the Great Hungarian Plain, a simple and delicious soup packed with root veg and paprika.
Paprikas krumpli, Hungarian paprika potatoes, my version uses the popular addition of virsli, or hotdog sausages, real comfort food!
Rakott kaposzta is a delicious Hungarian layered sauerkraut "casserole" featuring pickled cabbage, pork & rice with a sour cream topping.
Babgulyas is a Hungarian bean goulash recipe, rich in paprika and featuring beef & bacon this dish is a glorious and easy one-pot wonder.
My Pork Paprikash is a delicious take on a Hungarian Sertéspaprikás, a simple dish featuring juicy pork in a silky, paprika rich sauce.
Borsos tokany is an easy and delicious Hungarian pork stew, flavoured by lots of black pepper it also features bacon & a sour cream sauce.
Rakott krumpli is a Hungarian layered potato dish with smoked sausage & boiled egg bought together with sour cream and baked to perfection.
Langos is a Hungarian flatbread a gloriously indulgent street food that simply must be topped with sour cream (tejfol) and grated cheese!
Hungarian lecso or lecsó is a tomato and pepper stew with salami & bacon that works just as well as a main course as it does as a side dish.
Marha porkolt (pörkölt) is a thick paprika-rich beef stew from the Hungarian Alfold, my version cooks the beef in red wine and sweet paprika.
Harcsapaprikas is a Hungarian fish paprikash, often made with catfish it can be made with any meaty white fish & it is delicious!
I will not lie and say this is easy, but judging by the Oo’s and Ahh’s made by the people it was served too it was effort really well spent.
These quick pickled chillies are the perfect beers snack but they are also great stuffed with cheese and wrapped in ham!
Hungarian nokedli dumplings are a classic simple noodle style side dish similar to pasta that are delicious, quick, easy & cheap to make.
Hungarian chicken paprikash or csirkepaprikás is a classic Central European dish of bone-in chicken served in a paprika-rich sour cream sauce.
My Hungarian Goulash recipe comes from the true home of gulyas, the Great Hungarian Plain, it features beef, veg & homemade csipetke (pasta).