Food & Drink

Hungarian Dishes

Traditional dishes and foods from Hungarian cuisine.

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AranygaluskaBaked dough balls with butter, raisins and nuts, often served with vanilla custard.
BabapiskótaLow density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge biscuits roughly shaped like a large finger.
BejgliA cake roll eaten at Christmas and Easter.
BirsalmasajtQuince cheeseA quince cheese, or quince jelly made of quinces.
CsigaLiterally "snail" - a rolled pastry that comes in many different coatings and flavors, usually walnut, poppy seed, chocolate, and vanilla pudding.
Csöröge fánkCrispy and light Hungarian Angel Wings; a twisted thin fried cookie made of yeast dough, dusted with powdered sugar.
DobostortaDobos cakeA sponge cake layered with chocolate paste and glazed with caramel and nuts.
Eszterházy tortaA Hungarian cake (torta), named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha (1786–1866), a member of the Esterházy dynasty and diplomat of the Austrian Empire.
FánkBismarck doughnutsA traditional Hungarian pastry, similar to a doughnut with no central hole, but it has a round, sweet, and fired taste, topped with lekvar.
FlódniJewish-HungarianA cake with four different fillings, which are poppy seed, walnut, apple, and plum jam.
GesztenyepüréCooked and mashed sweet chestnuts with sugar and rum, topped with whipped cream.
Halva, Transylvanian sweetA sweet confection, made with sunflower seeds, of Turkish origin.
KépviselőfánkHungarian Cream Puff made from choux pastry and filled with vanilla cream. Literal translation - 'Ambassador Doughnut'.
KrémesA puff pastry top, custard cream and whipped cream filling, and is finished with powdered sugar.
KuglófA traditional Austro-Hungarian coffee party cake, traditionally baked in a distinctive circular Bundt mold.
KürtőskalácsA spit cake specific to Hungary and Hungarian-speaking regions in Transylvania, more predominantly the Székely Land.
LekvárA very thick, sometimes coarse jam of pure ripe fruit originating in central and eastern Europe.
Lekváros buktaA baked dessert filled with jam, túró, or ground walnuts.
Lekváros tekercsSwiss rollA rolled up soft sponge cake filled with jam.
Linzer TorteA tart with a crisscross design of pastry strips on top.
MadártejA floating island dessert, made of milk custard with egg white dumplings floating on top.
Mákos gubaSilesiaKifli and finely ground poppy seeds boiled in milk and sugar.
Mézes krémesA Hungarian honey cake that is covered with vanilla or chocolate.
PiskótaA thin, light, sweet, delicate, and crispy cookie.
RétesA type of layered pastry with a filling that is usually sweet.
Rigó JancsiA cube-shaped sponge cake with dark chocolate glaze.
Somlói galuskaBudapest/FótA sponge cake with raisins, walnuts, served with rum, chocolate sauce, and whipped cream.
SzaloncukorFlavoured candies which hang on the Christmas tree, eaten at Christmas.
TörökmézNougatA sweet sticky white nougat paste cooked with sugar, egg whites, honey, bits of walnuts, spread between two wafer sheets.
Túrós lepényDessert bars made from sweetened túró. A variant called kapros-túrós lepény also exists, which has added dill.
Túró RudiA sweet quark cheese that is called a "túró"-filled chocolate bar.
Vaníliás kifliSmall and crescent-shaped biscuits, that are originally made with walnuts, but also with almonds or hazelnuts. They get their typical flavor from a heavy dusting of vanilla sugar.
VargabélesHungarian strudel or noodle pie.
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