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Probably was awaiting for the week-ends 7th Hungarian dish … so to have kept you waiting here goes not 1 but 3 the real Hungarian dish for your delight.

Whether your a meat lover or vegetarian with these flavors will suit your appetite pretty well.  The “Gombapaprikás” – “Mashroom Paprikás” is a great main dish and to cook mushrooms differently and spice them up below are the tips. Full of flavor and a very filling dish. It gets even better after sitting in the fridge for a day. Generally, the needed ingredients can be ontained at veggyie stores and/or supermarkets.

It may be unbelievable to many, but within 1-2-3 quick-to-prepare main course. Some of them can be ready smoothly within 15-20 minutes.  The recipe can be doubled or tripled depending on the size of your gathering!

Here are a couple of mushroom dishes mostly love to cook and many Hungarians mainly prepare these at their own kitchen. The mashrooms in use by the Hungarians are white, and they are called “champignon” mashrooms.

Mushroom paprika with Dumplings – Gombapaprikás Nokedlivel

Served for 4 persons – Preparing time: 5mins. Fry: 40-45 mins.

Ingredients: 60 dkg mushrooms, 2 medium onions, 1 big tomato, 1 Hungarian sweet yellow paprika, 1 tbs sweet red paprika powder,  salt, black pepper, 180 ml sour cream. Nokedli:  2 tbs flour, 1 tbs oil, salt,  20 dkg crumbs, small handful of chopped green parsley. 300-350 ml water for the batter water for cooking.

The beautiful, assorted mushroom heads are cleaned, washed well, drained and wiped dry with a
clean cloth. Chop onionns, vut tomatoe nd paprika into a little bit larger cubes, mashroom in half or quarters. Use a large pan, heat some oil. Add the onions, stir-fry for 3 to 4 mins. Take the pan off the heat and add the red paprika powder. Return to the heat and add the pepper and tomato.Stew for cca. 8-10 mins until it gets saucy. Add then the mashrooms and season with salt and pepper, Cook until the mashroom release its juices. Combine sour cream and flour in a smal duish. Stir i constantly and add some of the mashroom sauce to it. Mix it well and thereafter back to the stew. Bring to boil once more. Taste and season with salt if needed.

Nokedli has been talked about before, but repetition equals knowledge …   Put the flour into a deep bowl, mix it with salt, eggs and water. Bring 4-5 liters of water to boil in a large pot … for nokedli to cook). Mix 1 tbs oil in it, so  to get  a batter that is easy to stir, but still sticky. Be careful not to make it too loos. To cook the small nokedli “dumplings” from the batter by cooking in boiling water. When the nokedli rises to the surface of the water… it takes cca 2 mins. … drain and rinse with cold water! By-the-.way the nokedli can be replaced with any pasta in the kitchen. May garnish the top with some parsley. As previous receipt said … with the special tool is called “Nokedli szaggató”- Noodles chopper” makes it easier.

Stuffed mushroom heads with cream cheese filling – Töltött gombafejek krémsajtos töltelékkel

Served for 3 persons – Preparing time: 10 mins. Fry: 25 mins

Ingredients: 6 large head mushrooms, 20 dkg sheep’s curd, 10 dkg cheese cream (hose), 1 tsp chopped chives, 1 tbs grated parmesan if as wish to adds, 15-20 dkg cream cheese, crushed pepper, parsley.

Preparation: The approx. uniformly sized mushroom heads are cleaned, washed dried and cut out. Cut the bacon into small cubes and melt the fat in a pan. Mix the sheep’s curd with the cheese cream, pepper, grated parmesan and chives. I don’t usu salt  because the sheep’s curd end to be pretty salty.

For the breading, prepare the flour and bread crumbs. Beat the eggs lightly and salt to taste. The stuffed mushrooms are rolled into flour, then into the egg and finally into the crumbs. Place in a unbreakable bowl which stands the high heat or garnished baking tray, spray the top with a little oil and bake in a preheated oven at 200-220 Celsius for  over 25-30 minutes. Serve with fresh salad and steamed rice. This dish is incredibly delicious. It can be served for lunch or supper.

Creamy mushroom with wide length Hungarian pasta – Tejszínes gomba Magyar széles metélt tésztával

Served for 4 persons – Preparing time: cca 45-50 mins.

Ingredients: 50 dkg tagliatelle pasta, 3 dl cooking cream (but who likes a lot of sauces use 5 dl cream) / 20% /, 50 dkg forest mushroom mixture (I used frozen), 1 clove garlic, salt, pepper, parmesan, 1 small head onion, 3-4 tbsp chopped parsley green, 1 tbsp chopped chives, 5 dkg butter.
Preparation: Dice the onion and fry it on a glass, add the crushed garlic and the prepared, sliced mushroom mixture (if using frozen mushrooms, thaw before use, if fresh, peel, wash and slice). When the mushrooms have softened, pour over the cream, salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with chopped parsley on the top. Boil for 5 mins and mix with the cooked Hungarian wide length pasta. Also may serve with grated parmesan … Oh well, may have got hungry, aren’t you?

May read more about other traditional  Hungarian dishes by visiting previous recipe @ “Q” & “A” Culinary Heritage Into Hungarian Kitchen. 

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