Taste it Hungarian way!

The Hungarian cooking characterised by its own components which give the original flavour for the meals and the way of preparing. Concerning the ingredients these are first of all red and green peppers, onions, butter, garlic, tomatoes, hot cherry peppers, sour cream and lard. The spicing of the Hungarian food which is already recognized at the first mouthful, based on old traditions, giving special, tasty and sometimes hot flavour. The red pepper - originated from Szeged and Kalocsa - is the most important ingredient of Hungarian cooking, widely used in savoury dishes such as stew (pörkölt) - made from veal, chicken, beef, mutton, goose, carp or game - with dumplings (galuska) or potatoes.

The most well-known specialities of the Hungarian cuisine are goulash soup (gulyásleves), fish soup (halászlé), stuffed cabbage (töltött káposzta), noodles with cottage-cheese (túróscsusza), Jókai bean-soup (Jókai bableves), Hortobagy pancakes (Hortobágyi palacsinta). If you like to taste the most famous Hungarian dessert, the best solution is going to Gundel Restaurant in Budapest and ask the waiter to bring Gundel pancakes (Gundel palacsinta). The special pancake is filled with walnuts, raisins, rum, cream, grated orange rind and topped with a rich chocolate-rum sauce which is often flaming.

The brief presentation of Hungarian cooking couldn't be complete without mentioning the drinking such as wine and spirits. Eger, Villány, Badacsony, Tokaj, Sopron, Szekszárd - these are the most famous vine regions which offer for example the strong red Hungarian wine (Bull's Blood of Eger) or sweet dessert wines (Tokaji Aszú). Hungary's native spirit (pálinka) is available in a variety of flavours: it could be made from apricot, cherry, pear and plum. Concerning the typical Hungarian alcohol we have to mention Unicum which is a strong digestive drink made from a mixture of more than 40 herbs.

So, during your stay in Hungary you can taste such a wide range of tasty meals and drinks which you will miss so much that you want to come back to taste it again.