Túrós csusza is a traditional
Hungarian savoury
curd cheese
Quark or quarg is a type of fresh dairy product made from milk. The milk is soured, usually by adding lactic acid bacteria cultures, and strained once the desired curdling is achieved. It can be classified as fresh acid-set cheese. Traditi ...
noodle dish made with small home-made
noodles
Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures (for example, Chinese noodles, Filipino noodles, Indo ...
or
pasta
Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are som ...
.
Traditionally, noodles used for this dish are home-made with flour and eggs, mixed into a dough, and torn by hand into uneven fingernail-sized pieces that are then boiled in water.
Spaghetti
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,
fusilli
Fusilli () are a variety of pasta that are formed into corkscrew or helical shapes. The word ''fusilli'' presumably comes from ''fuso'' ("spindle"), as traditionally it is "spun" by pressing and rolling a small rod over the thin strips of pasta to ...
or large egg
macaroni
Macaroni (, Italian: maccheroni) is dry pasta shaped like narrow tubes.Oxford DictionaryMacaroni/ref> Made with durum wheat, macaroni is commonly cut in short lengths; curved macaroni may be referred to as elbow macaroni. Some home machines ...
bows can also be used instead of the home-made noodles.
The noodles are cooked in salt water and drained, crumbled cheese (
túró
Quark or quarg is a type of fresh dairy product made from milk. The milk is soured, usually by adding lactic acid bacteria cultures, and strained once the desired curdling is achieved. It can be classified as fresh acid-set cheese. Traditi ...
), chopped, fried, crispy
bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sand ...
, topped with thick Hungarian sour cream (
tejföl
Smetana (or ''smotana'') is a type of sour cream from Central and Eastern Europe. It is a dairy product produced by souring heavy cream. It is similar to ''crème fraîche'' (28% fat), but nowadays mainly sold with 9% to 42% milkfat content dep ...
) and lightly salted. The mixture is then heated in the oven for a few minutes before serving.
Other Hungarian pasta dishes
Savoury
Cabbage squares
Cabbage squares or cabbage and noodles
[June Meyers Authentic Hungarian Heirloon Recipes Cookbook] is a savoury Hungarian pasta dish.
Macaroni bows or home-made thin pasta squares (like tiny
lasagne
Lasagna (, also , also known as lasagne, ) is a type of pasta, possibly one of the oldest types, made of very wide, flat sheets. Either term can also refer to an Italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagna alternating with fillings such as ...
) are boiled in salted water, drained, and mixed with some cooking oil or fat. The finely grated cabbage is slowly sautéed in a bowl with oil or fat, with salt, freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of sugar, until it becomes golden brown. The cabbage is then mixed into the hot pasta and served.
Sweet
Walnut pasta
Layers of pasta, jam and ground walnuts mixed with sugar, finished with noodles, are placed into a greased pan. The dish is heated in the oven for a short while and served hot.
Poppy seed pasta
Boil noodles in salted water. Sugar and ground poppy seeds are mixed and sprinkled on the hot noodles and served. This dish is also a Polish meal and a Polish Christmas dish.
See also
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List of pasta dishes
Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta Dish (food), dishes. Pasta is typically a noodle traditionally made from an unlea ...
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Pasta dishes
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