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Favourite Hungarian ingredients – cabbage
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One of the most well-known and well-liked Hungarian foods is stuffed cabbage. It is a popular meal to prepare for Christmas, and it is often featured on wedding menus, too. However, stuffed cabbage is not the only dish Hungarians love that is made using cabbage.
Szekler-style cabbage
The Szekler-style cabbage is one of those meals that have a misleading name, as it actually has not much to do with Szeklerland. The meal that appeared in the 19th century could be considered one of the first products of fusion cuisine. It is a result of the spontaneous idea to mix cabbage vegetable soup and pork stew. Naturally, it also has evergreen ingredients such as paprika and caraway seed, and it is often served with spoonfuls of sour cream and fresh bread.
Hungarian cabbage with noodles
The Hungarian cabbage with noodles is an easy recipe to make at home, and you do not have to stand at the stove for hours, either. You just need to cook some pasta, caramelise some sugar to which the grated cabbage should be added. Season it with salt, pepper and caraway seeds, add the pasta, and you are done with your meal. You can have it with bacon or red meat on top, but the traditional way Hungarians serve it is with some icing sugar sprinkled on top. This may sound like a strange combination – cabbage and sugar -, but it is a common Hungarian dish in school canteens, too.
Stuffed cabbage
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