The most popular dessert in Hungary is the strudel that should be made most of the time sweet and flaky. Generally Retes, how the strudel is named in Hungarian, is made with powdered sugar, phyllo sheets, different fillings such as cherry, apple or poppy seed and all mixture with butter. Besides the well-known Hungarian strudel, also very famous between the Hungarian desserts are the noodles. This is made as a non-sweet dessert. Noodles can be cooked with cottage cheese. This dish is called in Hungary Turo Csusza. Besides the cottage cheese one can always add to this dish different flavors for instance a bacon flavor which makes is salty. As we can see is very important knowing how to mix flavors in order to get an exquisite taste. Sometimes the sweetness of a strudel dessert totally compensates the spicy, salty taste of the dishes served for the main course.

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“ Also called Fank. 4 cups of flour 1½ cups milk 2 pkg yeast 4 heaping tbsp sugar a dash of salt 4...

Bismarck Doughnuts

“ 3 cups flour 4 whole eggs 1 tsp salt ½ cup sugar not quite ½ quart of milk ¼ cup melted butter 3...

Kaiser Schmarren

“ Contributed by World Recipes Y-Group ½ lb butter 2 whole eggs 2 cups flour (fill to top of...

Lekvar Cake

“ Apple strudel 1 package of filo dough 1 and ½ sticks of butter, melted 2 lbs. apples, peeled,...

Almasretes

“ Hungarian apple cake 3 cups flour ¼ cup of warm water 1 pkg. of yeast or 2½ tsp granulated yeast...

Apfel Kuchen

“ 1 cup of butter 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder lekvar...

Quick Filled Coffee Cake

“ Coffee cake 10 inch tube pan 1 cup of sour cream ½ cup melted butter (no margarine) ½ cup sugar...

Aranygaluska

“ ½ lb butter room temperature 1 lb chilled butter or 4 more sticks chilled butter 1 cup sugar 2...

Pecan and Butter Pretzel Coffee Cake

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Makosbeigli

“ Plum cakes 3 cups flour ¼ cup of warm water 1 pkg. of yeast or 2½ tsp granulated yeast ½ stick...

Gwetche Kuchen

“ 4 cups flour 4 tbsp sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 2 eggs slightly beaten 2 cakes yeast regular or...

Raisin Rolled Strudel

Hungarian Beigli

“ This should make about 85 balls 3 cups unsifted flour ½ cup + 2 tablespoons sour cream 8 medium...

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