Hungary
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Goulash (Gulyás)
Hungary's herdsman's stew: beef braised in a paprika-onion base until dark and rich — the dish the world calls goulash, guarded fiercely at home. Ingredients: beef shin, onions (many), sweet paprika (édesnemes), lard, ga…
Chicken Paprikash
Chicken simmered in a paprika-sour cream sauce until it turns sunset-orange: Hungary's other great paprika plate, served over nokedli dumplings. Ingredients: chicken pieces, onions, sweet paprika, lard or oil, green pepp…
Lángos
The golden fried flatbread of Hungarian fairs: a yeasted dough disc fried until puffed and blistered, rubbed with garlic and heaped with sour cream and cheese. Ingredients: flour, yeast, water or milk, potatoes (in some…
Dobos Torte
Budapest's seven-layer legend: thin sponge layers, chocolate buttercream and a glass lid of caramel — built so the slice would keep in provincial cafés. Ingredients: eggs, sugar, flour (sponge); buttercream: eggs, sugar,…
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