RECIPE: the famous Hungaricum Túró Rudi and its variations

Túró Rudi, a Hungaricum made with cottage cheese and chocolate, is everyone’s favourite. Unfortunately, as with everything else, it gets more and more expensive due to rising prices. The good news is that you don’t have to give it up. Here’s how to make Túró Rudi at home!

Ingredients for 20 pieces:

• half kg cottage cheese
• 10 dkg icing sugar
• 1 dl water
• 2 dkg gelatine
• 1 lemon
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 40 dkg dark chocolate

Preparation:

1. Squeeze the cottage cheese through a sieve.
2. Mix the strained cottage cheese with the lemon zest, sugar and vanilla sugar.
3. Dissolve the gelatine in the water. Wait for it to swell, put it in the microwave for a short time to allow it to become more liquid.
4. Mix the liquid gelatine thoroughly with the cottage cheese mixture. If necessary, you can also use an electric whisk. When the mixture is homogeneous, put it in the fridge for at least half an hour.
5. Form the cooled mixture into rolls about 10 centimetres long. While you are making the chocolate icing, put the prepared cottage cheese sticks back in the fridge.
6. Melt the dark chocolate over steam and dip the bars into the chocolate mixture.
7. Place the chocolate coated cottage cheese sticks on baking paper or greaseproof paper and wait for the chocolate coating to harden. If you want a thicker chocolate coating, do the dipping process several times, cooling the bars between each dip.
8. When you’re ready, pack them in a container that can be sealed – you can keep your homemade Túró Rudi sticks for up to a week.