Langos
Savory dough, fried in oil usually garnished with salt and garlic juice (water oil and a lot of garlic), optionally with sour cream and cheese and in some exotic versions with several types of meat.
Pörkölt
Hungarian version of Stew based heavily on paprika. can be made out of any type of meat,
most common being beef, pork, chicken and more expensive versions out of venison and boar. Also, the beef can be had from Hungarian grey cattle, which is a very ancient breed with highly appraised flavor. Similarly, the pork can be done from Mangalica pig, that is also very old breed. These animals are actually hairy.Traditionally, Pörkölt is served with home made nokedli (egg noodle dumplings).
Pacal Pörkölt: stew made out of tripe.
Kakas Here Pörkölt: It has been featured internationally as one of the most disgusting food around the world, this version of Pörkölt is prepared from the testicles of roosters.
Kolbász
Hungarian pork sausage. As with many hungarian foods one of the main ingridents is paprika.Traditionally it is smoked but fresh ones are also prepared as fried sausages which is a popular street food (sültKolbász). From the ld tmes it has been prepared as the alsmost ritual styles pig killings during the winter season.
Hurka - another pig killing styled food. It is the Hungarian version of the blood sausage or how the Brits call it 'blood pudding' but this version is made out of rice, pigs blood and pork + seasonings and is served oven fried.
Toltott kaposzta - Stuffed sour cabbage
This is sour cabbage cut up to small pieces and cooked in a stew like sauce, with a type of meatball type filling is wrapped into large soured cabbage leaves. Variants use smoked meat in conjunction with the meatballs.
Kürtőskalács - Chimney Cake
Kürtőskalács is made from sweet, yeast dough (raised dough), of which a strip is spun and then wrapped around a truncated cone–shaped baking spit, and rolled in granulated sugar. It is roasted over charcoal while basted with melted butter, until its surface cooks to a golden-brown color. During the baking process the sugar stuck on the kürtőskalács caramelizes and forms a shiny, crispy crust. The surface of the cake can then be topped with additional ingredients such as ground walnut or powdered cinnamon.
Other Foods
Fishermans soup
Gulash soup (Gulyás leves)
Gundel Pancake
Parikás Krumpli
Bean soup
Hungarian version of Ratatouille (Lecsó) - paprika based stew with spicy sausage and potatoes
Drinks
Palinka - spirit (similar to vodka but made out of fruits
Wine - internationally famous - tw main wine regions are Eger (egri bikavér - the bulls blood of eger) and Tokaj (Tokaji aszu u with accent)
Our favorite restaurants
1. Molnár Csárda - In a nutshell the surroundings are amazing,food is to die for, service so far so good and to top it all very good lemonade.
Location: Miskolc, 6, Vadas Jenő u., 3517 Hungary
- Venison with wild mushroom sauce and potato croquettes.
- Beef tripe pörkölt with parsley potatoes
2. Keszegsütő - This is a restaurants which specialises in fish. It is decorated as an old Hungarian house use to look like. I personally do not like fish BUT I loved the food, so that says something!
Location: Eger, II. Rákóczi Ferenc u. 28, 3300 Hungary
- Catfish bites
- Roast Catfish
- Basic information about Hungary: https://coupletravelblog.wixsite.com/mysite/post/basic-information-~-hungary?fbclid=IwAR28JBMxtlBYJKXeu1CSZOn3LGkb6cOR_L3wbddKpHhdgvoBus_S3F1rwig
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