Hungarian Cooking: Int Cr Ck Se

Goulash. Is that all you know about Hungarian cooking? If so, you need to experience the intriguing variety of one of the most delicious and aromatic of European cuisines. Borrowing techniques from the French, Turks, and Mongols, Hungarian peasants have developed unique and easy ways to prepare everything from sour cream-thickened stews to light pastries fill with the apricots, plums, and cherries that grow in abundance. These flavorful fruits are also used in the highly praised Hungarian brandies. using sweet and pungent paprika, Hungarians add both flavor and mouth-watering aroma to pork, lamb and poultry. Combined with vegetables such as onions, cabbage, cauliflower and peppers they make rich and nutritious dishes. Begin with a soup full of fluffy dumplings, add a stew of ground pork, vegetables and delicate spices, and finish with sweet cakes and brandy. You will have created a Hungarian adventure that will leave you begging for more!