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7 Jan

Part2. – XXV Olympic Winter Games @ Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo – Italy

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As mentioned in my previously Part1., update, continuing with adding more details to this great sporty event. The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXV Olympic Winter Games, will be held from 6 to 22 February 2026 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, the latter having hosted the Games in 1956. The host cities were selected by the International Olympic Committee at the 128th IOC Session in 2019.

This will be the third Winter Olympics to be held in Italy; the Games were held in Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956 and in Turin in 2006.

FULL COMPOSITION OF THE WBD EXPERT TEAM BY COUNTRY:

International: Francesca Marsaglia (alpine skiing), Tina Maze (alpine skiing), Viktoria Rebensburg (alpine skiing), Laura Robson (multi-sport), Kevin Rolland (freestyle skiing), Martin Schmitt (ski jumping).

Denmark: Malene Frandsen (ice hockey), Laila Friis Salling (freestyle skiing), Stefan Due Schmidt (speed skating), Lene Stjerne (curling), Michael Tyllesen (figure skating)

France: Margot Bailet (alpine skiing), Sandrine Bailly (biathlon), Alizée Baron (freestyle skiing), Coralie Bentz (cross-country skiing), Frédéric Bertrand (luge), Johan Clarey (alpine skiing), Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin (alpine skiing), Matthias Dandois (multi-sport), Roddy Darragon (nordic combined), Gauthier De Tessières (alpine skiing), Jeff Devaux (nordic combined), Robin Duvillard (nordic combined), Charlotte Girard (ice hockey), Clémence Grimal (snowboarding), Lois Habert (biathlon), Nicolas Jean-Prost (ski jumping), Sébastien Lacroix (nordic combined), Maxime Laheurte (nordic combined), Robin Ligeon (snowboarding), Florence Masnada (alpine skiing and ski mountaineering), Coline Mattel (ski jumping), Thierry Mercier (curling), Nastasia Noens (alpine skiing), Véronique Pierron (speed skating), Alban Preaubert (figure skating), Vincent Ricard (bob), Sacha Theocharis (freestyle skiing), Jean-Pierre Vidal (alpine skiing), Tiffany Zahorski (figure skating)

Finland: Tuomas Gronman (ice hockey), Lennart Petrell (ice hockey), Noora Räty (ice hockey), Annina Rajahuhta (ice hockey), Tuukka Rask (ice hockey), Pekka Rinne (ice hockey), Kimmo Timonen (ice hockey), Antti Törmänen (ice hockey)

Germany: Jochen Behle (cross-country skiing), Fritz Dopfer (alpine skiing), Markus Eisenbichler (ski jumping), Josef Ferstl (alpine skiing), Anni Friesinger (speed skating), Natalie Geisenberger (luge), Fabian Hambüchen (reporter), Kevin Kuske (bob), Andre Lange (bob), Fabian Riessle (Nordic combined), Michael Rösch (biathlon), Werner Schuster (ski jumping)

Italy: Camilla Alfieri (alpine skiing), Kristian Ghedina (alpine skiing), Carolina Kostner (figure skating), Daniela Merighetti (alpine skiing), Elise Nakab (freestyle skiing), Fulvio Valbusa (cross-country skiing), Silvano Varettoni (alpine skiing)

Netherlands: Herbert Cool (speed skating), Jochem Uytdehaage (speed skating)

Norway: Tiril Eckhoff (biathlon), Helene Marie Fossesholm (cross-country skiing), Ida Marie Hagen (nordic combined), Robert Johansson (ski jumping), Henrik L’Abee Lund (biathlon), Ida Njatun (speed skating), Martin Johnsrud Sundby (cross-country skiing), Lars Vågberg (curling)

Poland: Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus (speed skating), Aida Bella (speed skating), Mariusz Czerkawski (ice hockey), Jakub Kot (ski jumping), Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli (cross-country skiing), Dagmara Krzyzynska (alpine skiing), Magdalena Palasz (ski jumping), Tomasz Sikora (biathlon / cross-country skiing), Marcin Szafranski (alpine skiing)

Spain: Carolina Ruiz Castillo (alpine skiing), Javier Fernandez (figure skating), Miguel Galindo (alpine skiing), Regino Hernandez (snowboarding), Sara Hurtado (figure skating), Ander Mirambell (skeleton)

Sweden: Sara Carlsson (curling), Elisabeth Hogberg (biathlon), Andre Myhrer (alpine skiing), Martina Schriwer (moguls), Håkan Södergren (ice hockey), Mats Sundin (ice hockey)

United Kingdom: Emma Carrick-Anderson (alpine skiing), Lamin Deen (bob), Mike Dixon (biathlon), Ed Drake (alpine skiing), Aimee Fuller (snowboarding), Charlie Guest (alpine skiing), Lutalo Muhammad (multi-sport), Eve Muirhead (curling), Amy Williams (skeleton)

Update by Aggie Reiter

11 Dec

Herald News: After 31 years returning next year to Budapest!

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The legendary rock band will be back in the Hungarian capital in the summer of 2025.

Hungarian fans can meet them at the Puskás Arena on July 15th. We haven’t even gotten over Guns N’ Roses’ last concert in Budapest, which Hungarian fans had to wait 31 years for, and the rock band announced today that they will be visiting Hungary again next year. As revealed in the Live Nation announcement, Nightrain will roll into Budapest again on July 15th, 2025, to rock the Puskás Arena, where Public Enemy will be the guest band.

Advance tickets for members of the band’s official fan club, Nightrain, will go on sale on December 10th at 9 a.m., and full ticket sales will open on December 13th at 9 a.m.

Guns N’ Roses will return to Europe and the Middle East in 2025 with a major tour, headlining stadiums and festivals throughout the summer. The band is also preparing special guests: Public Enemy, Rival Sons and the Sex Pistols with Frank Carter will be supporting the concerts at various stops on the tour. The 24-date tour, which begins on May 23, will see the Los Angeles legends make their first appearances in Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Lithuania and Luxembourg, while they will be returning to Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Hungary and Austria.

(Cover image: Guns N’ Roses on October, 6. 2023. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images/Power Trip)

Update: Aggie Reiter

21 Oct

Stars of the Arctic Night – Exhibition by Esther Horváth

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Opening – Thursday, October, 24. 2024. – 6 p.m.

Venue – Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
District VI., 8. Nagymező Street – Budapest

The exhibition will be introduced by: Lars Ole SAUGNES – Managing Director – Kings Bay AS Ingrig KJERSTAD – Research Manager – Norwegian Polar Research Institute.

Present: István VIRÁGVÖLGYI professional director of the Capa Center.
The exhibition will be opened by Tamás VITRAY Jr. editor-in-chief of National Geography Hungary.

Exhibitor: photographer Esther HORVÁTH – Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Arctic and Marine Research Center. Curator: art historian Katalin KOPIN.

Photographer – Esther Horváth has been focusing on documenting arctic climate research since 2015. She has already photographed 25 Arctic research expeditions. For five years, she has been following the work of the international scientific research base comprising ten countries operating in Ny-Ålesund on the Norwegian Svalbard Islands, the settlement located at the northernmost point of the world. Svalbard is the epicenter of global warming, where the average winter temperature has risen by 6-8 °C since 1991; this growth is much faster than anywhere else on the planet. Here, more than four months of the year are dominated by the darkness of arctic winter. The stories and pictures of the exhibition “Stars of the Arctic Night” present the daily life and scientific research work taking place in the arctic night. A very important part of the spectacular exhibition is the special series of portraits of women scientists, Women of Arctic Science, which aims to inspire the next generation of female scientists and explorers by introducing them to the life, motivation and work of female researchers working in the Arctic.

Short biography – Esther Horváth is a photographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, a National Geographic Explorer and a member of the International Association of Conservation Photographers. She won the first prize in the Environmental category of the World Press Photo competition in 2020. In 2022, she received the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. In 2024, she was honored with a National Geographic Wayfinder Award for his work in science, conservation, education, technology and storytelling.
Born in Sopron, she graduated from the University of Western Hungary with a degree in economics. Following her passion for photography, she moved to New York in 2012 to study at ICP, where she graduated with a degree in documentary filmmaking and photojournalism. She lived in New York for six years, then moved to Germany in 2018, where she still lives.
Her documented twenty-four scientific expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic. In 2019-20, she participated in the MOSAiC expedition, which is considered the largest scientific expedition in the Arctic Ocean ever, and the book published from the photos she took there was published by Prestel Verlag. Esther Horvath’s work has been published by National Geographic – The New York Times – GEO, Stern, TIME and The Guardian, among others.

The exhibition can be viewed during October, 25. 2024 – January, 31. 2025.
Timetable: Tuesday–Friday: 1–6 p.m, Saturday–Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Closed on Mondays and public holidays.

Update: Aggie Reiter

8 Jul

Day 1. – Adult European Pentathlon Championship @ Budapest 2024.

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Two Hungarian medals on Day 1. In the relay race, the pair of Blanka Guzi and Noémi Eszes won the bronze medal, while the duo of Mihály Koleszár and Richárd Bereczki won the silver medal.

For women, eight couples fought for medals and positions in the BOK Hall, in and positions in the BOK Hall, in the swimming pool next to the Gerevich Aladár National Sports Hall and in the central competition area in the sculpture park between the Puskás Arena and the Papp László Sports Arena.

The Hungarians performed equally well in fencing, winning 10-10 and losing 11-11. With a score of 20/22, they were fifth after the first number. In the pool, they completed the 2×100 meters in 2:04.89 minutes, which was also the fifth best result, but at the same time, three couples who finished ahead of them swam only a few hundredths or tenths of a second faster, which did not mean a difference in the score.

The Hungarians went through the riding course with one mistake and a six-second timeout – Blanka Guzi’s horse cleared the first obstacle – and thus they finished fifth in this race as well. The home pair did not score any points in the bonus round, but they were still fourth before the combined number, albeit 33 seconds behind the Germans, who were third at the time. Finally, the relay members had to run 3 x 600 meters each, interrupted by two shooting sessions, in the heat, which was somewhat milder than before. Eszes somewhat caught up with the Italian rider who started 39 seconds earlier and was behind the leading British-German duo, then after the switch, Guzi quickly caught up with her opponent in the second lap, overtook him, and then easily passed him. In the composite number, the Hungarians performed best with 12:55.72 minutes. The gold medal went to the British, the silver to the Germans.

The men started with swimming, the Hungarian duo completed the 2×100 meters with 1:50.94 minutes. This placed him in third place, but then in fencing, with 24 wins and 16 losses, he was tied for the best with the Italians, so he was already second. On the horse track, Koleszár cleared one obstacle, Bereczki two, and there was also a one-second timeout, the 278 points reached fifth place in this number, and overall a loss of position.

Bereczki took third place behind the Italians and the Ukrainians, 21 seconds behind the former and nine seconds behind the latter. He approached his Ukrainian opponent until the switch, and then Koleszár overtook him in the first lap. He ran together with the Ukrainian for a while, but then broke away from him, so he finally fought for a superior second place. In the composite number, the Hungarians were the best with 11:50.56 minutes.

Results:
women’s relay: 1. Great Britain (Emma Whitaker, Alexandra Bousfield) 1350 points, 2. Germany (Annika Zillekens, Rebecca Langrehr) 1343, 3. Hungary (Guzi Blanka, Noémi Eszes) 1327

men’s relay: 1. Italy (Matteo Cicinelli, Giorgio Malan) 1442 points, 2. Hungary (Richard Bereczki, Mihály Koleszár) 1431, 3. Ukraine (Oleksandr Tovkaj, Pavlo Timoshenko) 1422.

+Source-Hungarian Modern Pentathlon Association

Updating by Aggie Reiter

14 Mar

Update to the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024

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Below are the dates, times, and countries/regions where the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024 will be held. This will be held for the third time this year since 2020. There will be 25 films and TV dramas shown in 27 countries/regions where the festival will be held, both of which are the highest numbers ever. In addition, we will also introduce a new short movie from the video series “MINI THEATER JOURNEY” and the “Japan Mini Theater Report” which describes the insights gained from the production of the series.

Dates and times … Mark the dates in any of the interests!
June, 5. (noon) to 19 (noon), 2024 …  23 films
June, 19 .(noon) to July, 3. (noon), 2024. …  2 TV drama series (20 episodes)
Reminder! Japan time. The number of films/TV dramas and the period of distribution vary depending on the country/region.
Countries/regions (27 countries/regions in total)
Europe … France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, UK
Africa …  Egypt
Asia … Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mainland China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Americas … Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, U.S.A.
Oceania … Australia, New Zealand
Subtitles … Up to 16 languages including English
(Some films/TV drama series may not be available in all countries.)

Attention call by Aggie Reiter

5 Feb

Loreena McKennitt One-Of-A-Kind Concert – MVM Dome @ Budapest – 2024.

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Date: Sunday,  8. p.m. March, 24. 2024.

Venue: The MVM Dome multifunctional hall  – District IX., 131 Üllői út – Budapest.

Loreena McKennitt is a singer-songwriter, who was born to Irish and Scottish parents in Morden, Manitoba – Canada.  Loreena McKennitt brings an eclectic mix of Celtic music, pop and folk, but this many of my readers know very well … right?

McKennitt one-of-a-kind … magical, enchantingly captivating individual. Her beautiful haunting notes float around you … such a refuge in this chaotic world.

Wish to spend a magnificent evenning personally at her concert, thereby discover a voice of angel and her awesome band,  catch her live … mark the date … venue then off you go to grab your ticket.

As part of of their European tour will visit Budapest in the Spring. What else can be beside her awesome concert than the Spring’s warmth breeze connected to her awesome tunes.

McKennitt and her brilliant musicians will be touring on the “Visit Revisited Tour – 2024”  visiting 10 countries and Great Britain within 24 peformances “Visit Revisited Tour” beginning on March, 6.  Eindhoven –  The Netherlands and conclude at London Palladium on April, 8. Inbetween they perform in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Poland and  Hungary.

Loreena McKennitt will be accompanied by: Caroline Lavelle (cello), Brian Hughes (guitar), Hugh Marsh (violin) and Dudley Phillips (bass).

A quicky reminder of  McKennitt music path goes here … Starting her music career in 1985, her eclectic blend of pop, Celtic folk and world music has led her to achieve multi-Platinum status across the Globe, as well as earning two Juno Awards, two Grammy nominations and a Billboard Music Award for International Achievement. The tour celebrates her Juno Award-winning album The Visit, which was released in Canada in 1991 and achieved international success in 1992. Have had sold more than 14 million albums worldwide during her career. Her recordings have achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status in 15 countries and four continents. She has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award and won two Juno Awards, as well  achieved Billboard International Award. In July 2004, Governor Adrienne Clarkson of Canada awarded her the Order of Canada, the country’s most prestigious civilian award.

“Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007. In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.

She and her band played full house at some of the world’s most respected and historic concert halls … Carnegie Hall,  September, 2006  and at the famous Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the show first aired on PBS and a 3-disc DVD/CD edition titled “Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007.

In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.

Loreena McKennitt has also performed for “Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty King Charles III” and other heads of state personals.

Recommandation by Aggie Reiter

2 May

Herald News … HBO Max … Documentary May 2023 Donna Summer … Queen of the 70s Disco Era!

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HBO Original Documentary … The Unexpected And Intimate Portrait Of “The Queen Of Disco” Will Have Its World Premiere At The Berlin International Film Festival

HBO Original documentary LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY, DONNA SUMMER, directed by Oscar® and Emmy®-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated,” HBO’s “The Apollo”) and Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer, debuts May 2023 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Shaped by Summer’s own reflections, the memories of close family, friends and colleagues, and filled with the sounds of Summer’s songs, LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY – DONNA SUMMER is an in-depth look at the iconic artist as she creates music that takes her from the avant-garde music scene in Germany, to the glitter and bright lights of dance clubs in New York, to worldwide acclaim, her voice and artistry becoming the defining soundtrack of an era. A deeply personal portrait of Summer on and off the stage, the film features a wealth of photographs and never-before-seen home video footage – often shot by Summer herself – and provides a rich window into the surprising range of her artistry, from songwriting to painting, while exploring the highs and lows of a life lived on the global stage.

Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents a Polygram Entertainment presentation, a Motto Pictures production, in association with One Story Up and Federal Films, LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER. Directed by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano; a film by Roger Ross Williams; produced by Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Roger Ross Williams, David Blackman; co-producer: J. Daniel Torres; edited by Enat Sidi, Jon Stray; consulting editor: Jean Tsien; executive produced by Brooklyn Sudano, Bruce Sudano, Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff, Monte Lipman, Brett Alperowitz. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez. A/M released by Warner Bros. Discovery – Asheba Edghill -Director Media Relations.
Summer amassed a total of 32 chart singles on the US BillboardHot 100 in her lifetime, including 14 top ten singles and four number one singles. She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 1976 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period.
So sad she went ahead too soon … her voice can be discovered anytime … a superb talent!
Even those folks who didn’t grew up in the 70s and missed the Disco era will be seeing something their parents jig/shake their boodies … And of course the elder ones may relive those days again.
Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

9 Mar

Retrospection to the Online Japanese Film Festival (JFF) – Hungary – 2021

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Japan brought their latest trends in Japanese cinemafor movie lovers to watch in their armchair free online films within the Japanese Film Festival (JFF).

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is a project held by the Japan Foundation to promote Japanese film around the world. With a slogan of „Japanese Film Anytime, Anywhere.” The program was launched in 2016 for 10 ASEAN countries and Australia. Since then holding the Festivals with the latest Japanese films and expanding their network in including countries such as: China, Russia, and India. In the 2019-20 year was held festivals in 56 cities in 12 countries, whilst watched by more than 170000 viewers.
This year, in addition to the conventional in-person Japanese Film Festival (JFF) events, held a “JFF Plus Online Festival for online viewers in the 20 countries. These were: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam,  Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary.

The JFF is under the umbrella of the Japan Foundation which is Japan’s only institution dedicated to carrying out comprehensive international cultural exchange programs throughout the world. With the objective of deepening mutual understanding between the people of Japan and other countries/regions, our various activities and information services create opportunities for people-to-people interactions. Online Festival took place from November2020 up to March 2021 in 20 countries around the world bringing 30 Japanese films ranging from the latest hits to always popular anime and the classics.

All the JFF screened films had subtitles in Arabic, Burmese, Central Khmer, English, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese language.

Tsukiji Wonderland 2016 – Documentary – length time 1h 50min. Director: Naotaro Endo
Synopsis JFF „Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as we know it today.”

Adding to the documentary … overall: Tokyo – Edo in 1923 was a grand earthquake and whilst rebuilding the venue over the decades Tsukiji became over the decades one of the biggest World Fish Market providing huge service to the world fish food by hard working people. They have daily wholesales fish auction and was clear to learn “most important is the “jouhou” (the information) without the info the fish would just sit there.

Tsukiji is One of the Seven Food Wonders of the World.

Tsukiji has its artisan culture. Was said, there are 10 days in a year when fish taste its best, but each season has its own variety in fish … Spring: brings shellfish … March: is the icefish season … Tune in the Spring are the best in taste. Tuna is all around the season, but during the summer they aren’t so fatty. Tuna live deep in the sea they do not have to struggle on the hook, they aren’t vital because of the food they eat. Summer: Sweetfish started to fish in june and they are caught in the river. Autumm: Typhoon at its best. Scallops arrive at ESqUISSE alive. Winter: more variety in fish and they get more fatter pufferfish – mackerel.

During the JFF was not all drama, documentary, musical but were animated features, films, cartoons for kids and interviews with Japanese directors.

Thanks to the JFF to watch through free online movies during in the festival!

@ Aggie Reiter

31 Jan

The best Japanese film productions – free online screening

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Every year, the Budapest Office of the Japan Foundation presents the best of Japanese film production with great success to the sophisticated movielovers. This year, for the first time, it will bring the experience of cinema to our living room online. Offering the largest repertoire to date, from February 26 to March 7, 2021, and will be able to watch 30 Japanese works for free  access to works by 12 independent (indie) young Japanese directors. The free online screening throughout the country will be in original language, having Hungarian or English subtitles.

Also may view including critically acclaimed award-winning works and mainstream entertainment films. The JFF PLUS Online Japan Film Festival, covers a total of 20 countries, and also was launched worldwide in November 2020.

As an initiative designed  is to bring together emerging young directors and musicians. Since its birth in 2012, this competitive film festival has provided an opportunity for a number of screenwriters and actors to present themselves as a springboard for young Japanese filmmakers.

The description of the films will also appear on the Japan Foundation’s Facebook page written in Hungarian language within the 12 days film shooting.

The films have also been screened in Thailand, Australia, Canada, North America, Germany and Spain.

@ Aggie Reiter

26 Sep

#2 Taste of Traditional Homemade Sweeties – Sweet Cottage Cheese Balls – Túrógombóc

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Sweet Cottage Cheese Balls – Túrógombóc

Home made Sweet Cottage Cheese Balls – Túrógombóc

This is One of the Best yummies for to-day … easy to prepare and in minutes they in recognition vanish away!

The Cottage Cheese = Túró is the main ingredient in many Hungarian dishes, both savory, but mainly in sweeties. Túró is often translated as cottage cheese, but it carries alittle resemblance to the watery cottage cheese a.k.a. by Americans. It a fresh, soft curd cheese, similar to farmer’s cheese, in Germany known as quark. The cottage cheese is available throughout Eastern European deli. Just a tip for those over the other side of the Ocean may try to substitue it with a coarse  type of ricotta, but if found at your neighborhood stay with the cottage cheese, it is a yummy treat.

You can eat it as a dessert, but even as a main course after a heavy Hungarian soup.

Now about the Balls – Gombóc … They are large sweet dumplings typically made with flour or can be with potato batter. The Túrógombóc is a lighter and smaller version where the cottage cheese is mixed with semolina, and topping with cinnamon sugar and served with sour cream.

One of the best yummies for to-day … served for 4 persons – Preparing time cca. 310 mins.

Ingredients: 500g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 200g semolina, 1/2tbs salt and also vanilila sugar, 3tbs sugar, 6tbs breadcrumbs, 2tbs oil.

For the dip sauce: 6 tbs sour cream, 1 tbs caster sugar, 1/2 tbs cinnamon.

The dose may be further increased  served for 8 persons then double the a/m ingredients.

Preparing: Take a big bowl, mash the cottage cheese with a fork. Add the eggs, semolina, sugar, vanilia sugar, salt, mix well together and set aside to rest a bit. The semolina needs cca 20 mins to swell before cooking. In between can prepare the coat for the cottage cheese balls. Take a big frying pan, heat oil in it and add the breadcrumbs, roast until golden brown, stir it as rosting not to burn. As it gets ready then sweeten with sugar. Form balls size with wet hands (not to stick on the hands) a little bigger than a golf ball from the cottage cheese. Place them into a pot with boiling water. They are ready when the balls come up to the top. Filtered through a filter then roll them in the breadcrumbs. Ready to serve with sour cream/cinnamon dip sauce. This is the real traditional Hungarian homemade  Túrógombóc, May try with various fruit sauces as well.

Once you tried it you will be delighted how easy it is to prepare.

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