Ms.

Ruzicska
Google Classroom
Assignment for May 12
Due May 14

32 Hungarian Foods The Whole

World Should Know And Love
Though our country may be little, our food is fierce.

1. Fried dough:
What it is: A plate-sized sheet of fried dough that is usually smothered with sour cream and cheese. Other possible
toppings include garlic sauce or ketchup.
Why it's awesome: Did you miss the part where I wrote "fried dough"?!
Get a recipe [here].

2. Gulás Soup
What it is: This popular soup is a Hungarian original. It contains chunks of beef, potatoes, and vegetables, plus plenty
of paprika and spices.
Why it's awesome: Originally made by cattle herdsman, it is pure comfort food: hearty, homey, and hot.
Get a recipe.

3. Crépes
What it is: The Hungarian version of crépes. Popular types include Hortobágyi, filled with ground meat, fried onion,
and topped with a sour cream/paprika sauce, and Gundel, filled with ground walnuts, raisins, and rum and topped with
dark chocolate sauce. Yep.
Why it's awesome: Slightly thicker than its French counterpart, it is less prone to tear when containing richer fillings
(see above). More to eat = more to love!

4. Meat stew
What it is: A pastoral stew made of meat (often beef or chicken gizzards), tomato, paprika, and onions, usually served
with a side of Hungarian noodles called nokedli.
Why it's awesome: It is often cooked outside, over fire in a bogrács, which is a traditional —and heavy— Hungarian
metal pot. Throw in a few friends, a loaf of great bread, and some wine, and it's the anchor for one great garden party.

5. Chestnut purée
What it is: A purée of chestnuts, sugar, and rum, usually served with whipped cream.
Why it's awesome: This sweet, creamy dessert proves that chestnuts are for much more than just roasting.

6. Fisherman's soup
What it is: A traditional Hungarian soup of paprika-spiced broth and thick cuts of river fish.
Why it's awesome: Though it may look fairly simple, fisherman's soup is traditionally made outside, over a fire,
through a several-hour process that includes preparing a fish broth from scratch. Plus, the fish is usually locally sourced
from the Tisza and Danube rivers.

7. Chimney cake
What it is: A Transylvanian sweet spiral pull-apart bread that is baked rotisserie-style outdoors over charcoal.
Why it's awesome: Often rolled in cinnamon, sugar, cocoa, nuts, or coconut flakes, chimney cake is hot, fresh, sweet
deliciousness. It's the only type of downward spiral you'd never want to end.

8. ???? cake
What it is: A chocolate buttercream-layered sponge cake, topped with crystallized caramel and covered on the edges
with nuts.
Why it's awesome: The namesake creation of Hungarian confectioner József ??????, it is a true Hungarian original and
remains enormously popular in confectionaries around the country.
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9. Stuffed cabbage
What it is: Large leaves of cabbage, stuffed with meat and rice, which are cooked and then smothered with sour cream.
Why it's awesome: It's straight-up Hungarian comfort food. Plus, the cabbage in Hungary is often pickled, offering a
deliciously tangy component to this rich, savory dish.

10. Sour cherry soup

What it is: A chilled, sweet soup made of sour cherries, sour cream, and sugar.
Why it's awesome: Though you might be tempted to eat it as dessert, it is a great meal in its own right — fresh, tart,
creamy, and an awesome alternative to standard meat-and-starch fare.

11 Hungarian strudel
What it is: A strudel-like log of pastry, stuffed to the max with fillings such as apple, cherry, or poppyseed and topped
with powdered sugar.
Why it's awesome: There's no skimping on ingredients here. One thick slice and a cup of Hungarian coffee and you're
set for at least an afternoon.

12. ???????? Wine from ?????

What it is: Sweet, dessert wine from Hungary's famous wine region (and World Heritage Site), ????????.
Why it's awesome: While it is only one of several types of wine produced in ???????, ?????? remains unique as its
penultimate variation, ??????????, is one of the sweetest and most exclusive wines in the world.

13. Chicken paprikash
What it is: Perhaps one of Hungary's most recognizable dishes (thank you, When Harry Met Sally), it is chicken in a
creamy, paprika sauce, often served with (surprise!) sour cream.
Why it's awesome: It's hot, spicy, meaty goodness, and is generally accompanied by a delicious side of dumplings or
pasta.

14. Stuffed pepper
What it is: Whole peppers stuffed with rice, meat, and vegetables and cooked in sauce.
Why it's awesome: Hollowed-out peppers actually make surprisingly sturdy containers for yummy fillings. Plus, who
doesn't love being able to eat EVERY part of their meal? Waste not, want not.

15. Cheese noodles
What it is: Flat, wide noodles mixed with Hungarian ?????? cheese (think: a cross between cottage cheese and ricotta)
and often topped with pieces of fatty bacon called szalonna.
Why it's awesome: Do you like noodles? Do you like cheese? Well, there you go. If you're a carnivore, the szalonna is
a pretty nice bonus.

16. Crescent bread
What it is: A crescent-shaped bread, often eaten simply with butter or sliced in half and topped with cheese, meat,
and/or peppers for a sandwich.
Why it's awesome: Though it may resemble a croissant, it is actually made using traditional yeast dough, making it a
more dense and satisfying snack.

17. Biscuits
What they are: Small, bite-sized biscuits, dense and doughy in the center and often topped with cheese.
Why they are awesome: Usually one of the first things to be served at dinner parties and get-togethers, these are a
delicious and simple snack food of which it is impossible to eat just one.

18. Cheese spread
What it is: A spread made of túró cheese, spices (often paprika), and vegetables.
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Why it's awesome: It's like the hummus of Hungary.

19. Spiral strudel
What it is: A spiral-shaped log roll containing a sweet walnut or poppyseed filling.
Why it's awesome: Traditionally served at Christmas, this is the perfect treat to cozy up and share with friends and
family.

20. Bird's milk
What it is: Though birds can actually produce milk (seriously), madártej is not a product of our feathered friends, but
rather a dessert of fluffy meringue floating on vanilla custard.
Why it's awesome: The texture of meringue combined with sweet, creamy custard is, to put it lightly, da bomb.

21. Layered pastry
What it is: A Hungarian-Jewish pastry, traditionally made of four layers: walnut, apple, poppyseed, and jam.
Why it's awesome: Why choose a filling when you can have them all in one dessert?!

22. Fried cheese
What it is: Fried cheese.
Why it's awesome: FRIED. CHEESE.

23. Sweet cheese dumplings

What it is: Orbs of sweetened túró cheese boiled, rolled in toasted bread crumbs, and generally served with vanilla
sauce or sour cream and sugar.
Why it's awesome: These are incredibly filling, which can easily mean DESSERT FOR DINNER!

24. Sweet cheese-filled chocolate bar

What it is: A dark chocolate bar filled with sweetened túró cheese, available flavored or with jam fillings as well.
Why it's awesome: The name of the most popular brand of ???????? in Hungary, ????????, translates to "dotty" and is
wrapped in adorable polka-dot paper.

25. Layered potatoes
What it is: A baked casserole-type dish made of layers of sliced potatoes, eggs, sausage, sour cream, and cheese.
Why it's awesome: It's like the best parts of dinner and the best parts of breakfast came together and had a beautiful
casserole baby.

26. ??????? trifle
What it is: A dessert made of three different types of sponge cake (plain, walnut, and chocolate), raisins, and walnuts,
drizzled with dark chocolate rum sauce and topped with whipped cream.
Why it's awesome: Much chocolate. Very cake.

27. Chocolate snail
What it is: A breakfast-type pastry of spiral-shaped dough swirled with chocolate.
Why it's awesome: It's like a cinnamon roll, but chocolate. And better.

28. X and Y Sausages

What they are: Both Hungarian sausages that come in a variety of meat types and flavors, Sausage X??? is generally
boiled and Sausage Y??? is generally smoked.
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Why they are awesome: While both can easily, and tastily, be eaten alone or simply with a kifli and peppers, X??
and Y??? are also present in many more complicated Hungarian dishes, making them incredibly versatile meats.

29. Vegetable stew
What it is: A paprika vegetable stew of onions, tomatoes, and peppers, with variations including sausage and egg.
Why it's awesome: Hearty and relatively healthy compared to most Hungarian fare, This is simple in preparation yet
rich in flavor.

30. Parlour candy
What it is: A chocolate Christmas candy, filled with flavored jelly or marzipan.
Why it's awesome: This is often hung on Hungarian Christmas trees. Let me repeat: Candy. On trees. Dreams do come
true!

31. Dumplings
What it is: Small, dumpling-like noodles, usually served as a side dish to accompany stews and meats.
Why it's awesome: The texture of a thick, dense, delicious pasta on the scale of rice. Pure genius.

32. And, finally: Erős Pista

What it is: Hungarian red pepper, ground into powder or pulverized into paste.
Why it's awesome: It makes any food better. It's the best spice ever. Bow down.

Part 1.
1. Chicken Paprikash: Meaty, Heaty, Spicy
2. Layered Cabbage: Strange, Delicious
3. Crepe: sweet, kind of sour
4. Layered potatoes: kind of smoky
5. Gulás Soup: flavorful

Part 2.
1. Fried Dough
2. Gulás Soup
3. Palacsinta
4. Pörkölt
5. Gesztenye püré
6. Halászlé
7. Kürtöskalács
8. Piskóta
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Google Classroom
Assignment for May 12
Due May 14

9. Töltött káposzta
10. Meggyleves(?)
11. Rétes
12. Tokaji fehér bor
13. Csirke paprikás
14. Töltött paprika
15. Sajtos tészta
16. Félhold kenyér
17. Keksz
18. Sajtkrém
19. Bejgli
20. Madártej
21. Réteges sütemény
22. Rántott sajt
23. Sajtgombóc
24. Csokiba mártott édes sajtkrém
25. rakott krumpli
26. trüffel
27. csokis csiga
28. kolbász
29. zöldség pörkölt
30. szaloncukor
31. gombóc