Mákvirág

When I saw on tv a chef making this dish, I wasn’t very convinced, but then I decided to try it. It was really really good. Since then I have been preparing it. Ingredients: 6 smaller chicken drums, 300 ml curd, flour, paprika, salt, oil. I wash the chicken drums, put them in a bowl… Tovább »

In Stratford I found an excellent butchery. They have excellent meat, always fresh. And also smoked ribs, smoked bacon, smoked PORK KNUCKLE!!! Wooow, I was soooo happy!!!! Finally a real, nice, smoked pork knuckle for a beautiful bean soup with tarragon. Ingredients: pork knuckle, (or any kind of smoked meat), 250 g 3 beans, 1… Tovább »

It is very rare to find somebody who doesn’t like, or didn’t hear about the famous Chicken paprikas. It is a traditional Hungarian food. The first recipe is from 1830, written by Czifray Istvan, who was a palatines chef. It quickly became one of the favourite dishes in the Hungarian cuisine. Ingredients: 6 chicken drums,… Tovább »

I like to make different side dishes everyday. It can be pasta, any kind of potato, salads, or even a pottage. It is very important not to prepare the same one for at least a week. This is how I prepared green pea pottage as side dish for the smoked gammon steak. This is very… Tovább »

I don’t prepare it too often, this “too green soup”, as my son calls it. Even though I should. I’m aware of  its anti cancer properties, also that it has a lot of vitamins, but because of its intensive colour is really hard to convince the kids to eat it.   Ingredients: 1 broccoli, 2… Tovább »

This is also a traditional Hungarian dish. It can be served as dessert or main course. It is really easy to prepare, lot of people think it is hard, and takes a lot of time, but it’s not true. Even a beginner can make it.  Ingredients: 3 big potatoes, 1 spoon of pig fat (can… Tovább »

I have this recipe from a friend of mine.The original recipe is on: http://citromhab.blogspot.hu/, I changed it a bit, but it won’t be fair to say that this is my invention. Ingredients: 5 cooked potatoes, 8 chicken breast fillets, 2 bigger white onions, a bigger tomato, mozzarella, paprika and oil.  I cook the potatoes and… Tovább »

I clean two medium size carrots, and with the potato peeler I cut them in thin slices. I clean and slice a smaller white onion too. In 25 ml water I whisk 1 spoon of sugar, a small spoon of salt, and 5 ml of vinegar. I add the carrots and onion. I like to prepare… Tovább »

I prepare the beetroot salad really often.  I mix 25 ml of water with a tablespoon of vinegar, a pinch of salt and one spoon of sugar. I add the cooked and grated beetroot, a spoon of horseradish sauce (If you have grated one, it’s even better) and a small spoon of cumin seeds.Than I… Tovább »