• Lepa on October 24, 2021

  Pork Stew with Bacon (Csikos Tokany)- This was a rich and luscious stew- pork, bacon, tomatoes, pepper and some sour cream to make it rich. How could it not be delicous?!? I made the guluska to accompany the stew. They were a bit less successful because I added too much water so the dough was difficult to work with but everyone in my family loved them. I will certainly be making this again soon!

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Soft dumplings (Galuska)

  • Lepa on July 17, 2022

    I made these with a spaetzle maker and they turned out very well. A previous attempt making them by hand was less successful.

• Goulash with sauerkraut (Csángó gulyás)

  • PinchOfSalt on October 23, 2022

    Made this last night, roughly doubling the recipe to use 2.5 pounds of fairly lean chuck roast instead of the 1.5 pounds of beef called for in the recipe. I substituted 3 5-6 inch long Hungarian peppers for the green bell pepper called for in the recipe, because I like those peppers in other Hungarian beef stew/soup recipes (and guessing that this recipe may have been written to use ingredients that are easiest to source in the US). Oh my goodness, the results were absolutely delicious. The stew itself did not taste at all spicy, but I did notice a bit of a tingle on my lips from the Hungarian peppers after I was done. For my future reference, I used a 2-pound bag of Silver Floss sauerkraut and beef Better than Bouillon (plus water) for the stock. The sauerkraut was pretty mild after I rinsed it. In the future I might try a different variety of sauerkraut - something newer and crunchier - just to see if that further improves this excellent recipe.

• Green pepper and tomato stew (Lecsó)

  • Lepa on July 21, 2022

    This is one of my favorite late summer meals. I made it with kielbasa and Hungarian wax peppers and it was phenomenal. We ate it over rice with some sour cream as a garnish.

• French sauce vinaigrette (Francia salátalé)

  • clkandel on October 28, 2024

    This was great on a simple salad of Boston lettuce.