Hungarian dishes

Food in Hungary is tasty, but not very healthy, because we eat a lot of greasy food. We don’t eat enough fresh vegetables. The best known Hungarian dish is goulash.

We make a lot of dishes with paprika in it, for example goulash, stews, chicken paprika, or Hungarian fish soup. A lot of dishes have sour cream on top. We use cottage cheese with many different dishes, for example: dumplings, strudels, pies or pasta topped with cottage cheese and sour cream. We also use poppy seeds to make sweet dishes, for example: poppy seeds pancakes with hot berry sauce.

We take great pride in fish dishes, the Hungarian fish soup is a substantial meal in itself.

Hungary is a soup-eating nation. A complete three-course meal always starts with a soup. Soup is usually followed by some kind of meat dish with potato, pasta or ice garnishing. Pickles or salad are made from seasonal vegetables accompany meat dishes.Pörkölts and paprikás are the most popular meat dishes. Pörkölt is a ragout made from pork, beef or mutton or chicken with onions and Hungarian paprika powder as the main spice. If you have a sweet tooth you do not want to miss luscious Hungarian cakes, scrumptious pastries. Must-try desserts include: Dobos Cake, Krémes, Strudels, Rigó Jancsi, Rákóczi Túrós, Kürtős kalács, Túró Rudi.

 

I lay the table as I sometimes do for a Sunday lunch. I spread a nice white cloth over the dining table. I put out the dinner plates first, then the soup plates. The knife and spoon go on the right-handside, the napkin and the fork on the left. I put the side plates, goblets, glasses and dessertspoons in front of the plates. Finally I try not to forget about the saltcellar, the pepperpot and the toothpicks either.

Made By: Fruzsina Bratkovics