55 Dishes

Dessert, Sweet

Szaloncukor

Szaloncukor (slovak: salónka, plural salónky; literally: "parlour candy", romanian: bomboane de pom) is a type of sweet traditionally associated with christmas in hungary, romania and slovakia. it is a typical hungarikum. it is usually made of fondant, covered by chocolate and wrapped in shiny coloured foil, then hung on the christmas tree as decoration. every year, almost a kilo and a half of it are consumed per household during christmas season. the tradition of hanging these candies on the christmas tree started in the 19th century. it was named szaloncukor because the tree usually stood in the parlour (szalon in hungarian; cukor means "sugar" or "candy"; in slovak salón is "parlour" and -ka is diminutive suffix). the name comes from the german-austrian salonzuckerl, this is why the original name was szalonczukkedli.

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Szilvás pite

Plum cake

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Szilvásgombóc

Knedle (from german knödel, "dumpling"), is a dish of boiled potato-dough dumplings filled with plums or apricots, originating in the austro-hungarian empire. popular in central and eastern european countries, the dish is eaten as dessert, a main dish, or side dish.

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Tejberizs

Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and other ingredients such as cinnamon, vanilla and raisins. variants are used for either desserts or dinners. when used as a dessert, it is commonly combined with a sweetener such as sugar. such desserts are found on many continents, especially asia where rice is a staple. some variants are thickened only with the rice starch; others include eggs, making them a kind of custard.

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Téli fagyi

Winter ice cream (hungarian: téli fagylalt [ˈteːli ˈfɒɟlɒlt] or téli fagyi [ˈteːli ˈfɒɟi]) is a hungarian confectionery similar in appearance to ice cream in a cone, but traditionally having ganache or a similar kind of sweet cream filling with usually a chocolate-cocoa flavoring. it gained popularity in the 1970s in communist hungary, being produced as a winter alternative to "summer" ice creams, which were deemed to be too cold for winter sweets. apart from grocery shops, it was frequently sold as part of the national railway's catering service (utasellátó). the confectionery's popularity faded in the early 1990s, when, after the end of communism, foreign candy manufacturers and their products appeared on the hungarian market. however, along with some other snack foods and soft drinks of communist-era hungary, winter ice cream garnered renewed interest in the late 2000s and 2010s.

Dessert, Sweet

Túró Rudi

Túró rudi is the name of a curd snack which has been popular in hungary since 1968. the bar is composed of a thin chocolate-flavored outer coating and an inner filling of túró (curd). the "rudi" in the product name comes from the hungarian "rúd", which translates to rod or bar (and is also a nickname for the name "rudolf"). túró rudi can be made in several different flavours and sizes. the basic (plain, "natúr") bar is cheaper and more popular and comes in two sizes: the classic 30-gram (1.1 oz) bar and the large ("óriás", giant) 51 g (1.8 oz) bar. there are differently-flavoured varieties of the bar, like apricot, strawberry and raspberry as jams in the túró, but coconut and vanilla are flavorings. also nut and caramel flavours are available. the plain bar can be found with dark chocolate outer coating. the "pöttyös" (spotty or spotted with polka dots) theme is part of the marketing scheme of the bar, and the distinctive red polka-dots are readily associated with túró rudi by regular consumers. friesland hungária, inc. (which claims to be the manufacturer of the "original" túró rudi) released its product in slovakia, romania, spain and italy under the name dots in 2003. the version sold in western europe is said to be sweeter and comes with a milk-chocolate coating to suit the taste of locals. its first public appearance was in a hungarian family film, kismaszat és a gézengúzok (roughly translated to little smear and the scapegraces) in the 1980s. the bar is best kept refrigerated around 4 °c (39 °f). the regular 30-gram bar and the óriás bar usually retail for about 95 hungarian forints (about 30 euro cents) and 140 hungarian forints (about 45 euro-cents), respectively.

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Túrógombóc

Sweet túró cheese dumplings, coated with toasted bread crumbs, served with vanilla sauce or tejföl (sour cream) and sugar

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Túrós táska

Túrós (cottage cheese) filled pastry

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Vaníliás kifli

Kifli, kiflice, kifle or kipferl is a traditional yeast bread roll that is rolled and formed into a crescent before baking. it is a common type of bread roll throughout much of central europe and nearby countries, where it is called by different names. it is thought to be the inspiration for the french croissant, which has a very similar shape but is made with a different type of dough.

Dessert, Sweet

Zserbó szelet

A layered cake with walnut and apricot, and topped with chocolate