''Hortobágyi palacsinta'' is a
savoury Hungarian crepe, filled with meat (usually
veal). The meat is prepared as a stew; the meat is fried with onions and spices like the ''
pörkölt
Pörkölt is a meat stew which originates from Hungary, but is eaten throughout Central Europe.
In Hungary
Pörkölt is a Hungarian stew with boneless meat, paprika, and some vegetables. It should not be confused with ''Goulash'', a stew with ...
'' or the ''
chicken paprikash
Chicken paprikash ( hu, paprikás csirke or ''csirkepaprikás'') or paprika chicken is a popular dish of Hungarian origin and one of the most famous variations on the ''paprikás'' preparations common to Hungarian tables. The name is derived fr ...
'' dish, using veal, veal with mushrooms, chicken, or
Hungarian sausage. The crêpes are filled with the stew, tucking in the ends, and are baked in the oven with a
paprika and
''tejföl'' (sour cream) sauce, then topped with fresh parsley. Popular serving option in Hungary is rolling the filled crêpes up, or folding them into half and rolling them up on the shorter side. The rolled up crêpes then can be stacked on each other with the sauce poured over them.
The dish does not originate from the
Hortobágy National Park
Hortobágy () is an 800 km2 national park in eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of the Alföld (Great Plain), was designated as a national park in 1973 (the first in Hungary), and elected among the W ...
region of the
Great Hungarian Plain
The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, hu, Alföld or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain. (However, the Great Hungarian plain ...
and has nothing to do with Hortobágy. It was originally invented for the
1958 Brussels World Fair.
Gallery
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See also
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List of veal dishes
This is a list of veal dishes, which use or may use veal as a primary ingredient. Veal is the meat of young calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal come ...
References
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Hungarian cuisine
Pancakes
Beef dishes
Veal dishes
Food and drink introduced in 1958