Hungarian Recipes

Lebbencsleves is a classic Hungarian pasta soup that comes from Hungary’s Great Plains (Alföld). This Lebbecsleves recipe takes its name from the small ‘flaps’ (or ‘lebbencs’) of pasta. Hungarian peasants would make giant sheets of paper thin pasta and dry them out. They would then break off little pieces…

One of the things that always amazes me about Hungarian cuisine is its ability to strike a perfect balance between simplicity and depth of flavour. Töltött paprika is a great example of Hungarians taking some very basic ingredients, and creating a classic comfort food! Plump TV paprika peppers stuffed to…

A Bowl of Warm Comfort for Cold Days Hungarian chicken noodle soup (“tyúkhúsleves,” in Hungarian) is one of Hungary’s most cherished comfort foods. It is a simple soup, made with a few basic ingredients, however brings warmth and coziness to chilly winter days. It’s a go-to dish when…

Böllérmáj is a traditional Hungarian dish with some very unusual ingredients, as I recently discovered. I didn’t expect to find myself in a candlelit cellar restaurant in Győr, listening to the flickering shadows on the vaulted ceiling whisper secrets of the past. But hunger has a way of guiding…