Hungarian Lecsó

The history of lecsó

The Hungarian counterpart of the French dish ratatouille, began in America with Spanish mediation, and not surprisingly, Turkish-Serbian influence. However, we can also say that while keeping these international origins in mind, lecsó is a very Hungarian dish, as it is not similar to any other nation’s paprika-tomato dish, neither in its garnishing nor its preparation.

Interesting facts:
The first peppers were brought home to Europe by the Columbus’s doctor, and then, as a result of a later expedition, tomatoes also made their way to the old continent. However, for a long time, Europeans failed to use the amazing new vegetable, as surprisingly it was believed to be poisonous for an incredibly long time.

To Hungary, the tomato – and with it a dish similar to today’s Hungarian lecsó – arrived across the Balkans during the Turkish occupation. Although the Turkish course was suspiciously similar, the traditional Hungarian lecsó only appeared much later, so we probably didn’t get the idea of the dish from the Turks.

In its present form, the food first appeared around the 1870s, and was prepared on an open fire by Bulgarian gardeners who settled down in the country. In 1902, a magazine first published a recipe for lecsó, although at that time it was still called differently.

Today, we consider ‘letcho’ to be one of the cornerstones of Hungarian cuisine, and just as the other main dishes of the country, there are just as many recipes of it as many houses from lecsó with rice, lecsó with eggs, and lecsó with sausages.

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Ingredients

8 Hungarian wax peppers
4 large tomatoes
1 large onion
100 grams of bacon
100 grams of sausage
4 eggs
salt, pepper to taste

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Cooking steps:

1.   Wash and slice the peppers, chop the tomatoes and finely chop the onions as well. 

2.   Cube the bacon and start frying it.

3.     Once the fat has melted, add the onion, sauté it and then after a few minutes add the wax peppers too.

4.     As soon as it shrinks a little, add the sausages and the tomatoes as well. Add salt and pepper to taste, and after cooking together the mix for 10 minutes.

5.     The basic Hungarian lecsó is ready, which we can soup-up a little by adding rice, eggs, or more sausages.

Hozzávalók

8 db tv paprika
4 db nagy paradicsom
1 db vöröshagyma
10 dkg szalonna
10 dkg kolbász
4 db tojás
só ízlés szerint
bors ízlés szerint

Elkészítés

1.      A megtisztított paprikát, miután a csumáját eltávolítottuk, csíkokra vágjuk. A paradicsomot felkarikázzuk.

2.      Először a szalonnát lepirítjuk, majd hozzáadjuk a hagymát, pirítjuk, majd paprikát tesszük a serpenyőbe, a lángot magasabbra véve, néha megkeverve pároljuk.

3.      Amikor már majdnem megpuhultak a paprikacsíkok, hozzáadjuk a kolbászt és a paradicsomot is. Sóval és borssal ízesítjük. kb. 10 percig főzzük.

4.      Végül a felvert tojásokat ráöntjük a lecsóra és kevergetve pár perc alatt készre sütjük.

Enjoy!

Jó étvágyat!

Pogácsa Recipe

How to make pogácsa

Ingredients

Dough:

55 dkg flour
3 ts salt
1 ts sugar
2 dl sour cream
2 eggs
25 dkg soften butter 
2.5 dkg yeast
10 dkg Trappist (semi-hard) cheese (shredded)

For toppings :

+1 egg
­+ 5 dkg Trappist (semi-hard) cheese (shredded)
From this dough you will get about 60 small patties.