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  1. Hungarian Veal Testicles Stew – Paprikas Recipe

    May 17, 2012 by Varga László



    Ingredients (2 persons)

    • 400 g veal testicles
    • 1 red onion
    • 2 tablespoons duck lard, or vegetable oil
    • 3-4 smaller green peppers
    • 6-8 black peppercorns
    • 2 teaspoons paprika
    • 3 stalks green garlic
    • 2-3 small tomatoes
    • salt and pepper to taste
    • 2-3 fresh thyme branches
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 100 g white flour
    • 100 g sour creme
    • some parsley for garnishing

     

    Preparation method:

    1. Clean the testicles of the excess skins and wash carefully. Let them in soak for about half an hour in water mixed with some vinegar and then again for another half hour in plain water to wash off the vinegar sourness. If still has vinegar smell wash again in water.
    2. Chop the onion. Heat the lard in a pan and fry the chopped onion until fragrant.
    3. Chop the green peppers and add them to the pan together with some water, paprika, salt and peppercorns. Simmer for 30-40 minutes until the peppers are soft.
    4. Add the cleaned testicles to the pan and water to cover everything with liquid. Start  again the simmering process.
    5. Chop the green garlic and add together with the thyme branches to the stew. Simmer for about an hour from the testicle addition.
    6. Dice the tomatoes into small cubes, add them to the stew pan together with the sour creme and simmer for another 15 minutes. Taste the stew and season to taste with salt, pepper and paprika.
    7. Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Add gradually the flour and season with some salt. Mix with a fork and add some more flour until it gets to a thicker consistency.
    8. With the help of a teaspoon put small amounts of the egg-flour mix to the stew to make the noodles. If not enough liquid to boil in the pan add a little more water. Boil for 5 minutes.
    9. Serve hot the the stew with testicles and noodles, garnish with some freshly chopped parsley leaves and a spoonful of sour creme.



    Category Hungarian, Stew, Veal | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

  2. Oven Roasted Kid with Vegetables Recipe

    May 8, 2012 by Varga László


    Ingredients (4 persons):

    • 1 kid (goatling) leg about 2 kg
    • salt, pepper to taste
    • 2-3 teaspoons hot paprika
    • 200-300 g carrots
    • 200 g parsley roots
    • 500 g new potatoes (or if you don’t find these, smaller potatoes)
    • 4 stalk green garlic
    • 200 g button (champignon) mushrooms
    • 1 stalk leek
    • 1 bunch red orach (Atriplex hortensis as its Latin name)
    • 200 g urdă cheese (fresh white sheep cheese – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urd%C4%83 – but you can use other fresh cheeses)
    • 200 g sour creme
    • 1 small red chili pepper

     

    Preparation Method:

    1. Wash thoroughly the kid leg, then pat it dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and hot paprika the leg on both sides then place it into an ovenproof dish.
    2. Wash the new potatoes, then place them in the above mentioned dish, together with 2 tablespoons of oil and some salt.
    3. Chop 2 stalk of green garlic, scatter over the content of the dish. Place the dish in the preheated oven at 140C.
    4. Meanwhile, clean the carrot and parsley roots and cut them into 4-5 cm pieces.
    5. After about 1 hour of roasting in the oven, add the cut carrots and parsley roots to the oven dish and roast for one more hour.
    6. After that, wash and clean the mushrooms, chop the leek into 1-2 cm slices, add them into the oven dish and roast for another 50 minutes.
    7. Chop the remaining green garlic, wash the orach leaves and add them to the oven, cook for another 5-10 minutes until the leaves are wilted.
    8. While all the roasting process, prepare the cheese sauce: In a bowl, crumble with a fork the cheese.
    9. Slice thinly half of the hot chili, add to the cheese  bowl together with the sour creme and some salt to taste. Stir the well until smooth and lump free.
    10. Remove the roasting dish from the oven and let about 10 minute to cool a bit down.
    11. Serve hot some pieces of kid, together with roasted vegetables, few wilted orach leaves and a tablespoon of cheese sauce.




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  3. Baked Pasta with Tomatoes, Eggplant and Mozzarella Recipe

    May 3, 2012 by Varga László



    Ingredients (4-6 persons)

    • 1 kg smaller tomatoes
    • 1-2 teaspoons brown sugar
    • 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
    • 2 medium eggplants
    • 500 g pasta, I used farfalle
    • 2-3 green garlic stalks
    • 100 g kalamata olives
    • a handful of fresh basil leaves
    • 300g mozzarella
    • 50g pecorino romano hard cheese (or you can use parmesan) freshly grated

     

    Preparation method

    1. Preheat the oven to 140 C.
    2. Halve the tomatoes through their equator like the picture below.
    3. Place tomatoes in a glass baking dish with the cuts upside, sprinkle a little salt, pepper and sugar and drizzle some olive oil over them. Roast them for 75-90 minutes.
    4. Slice the eggplants crosswise, brush the slices’ sides with oil and place them  in another tray in a single layer.
    5. After the tomatoes roasting time mentioned above put also the eggplant in the oven and roast them together with the tomatoes for another 45 minutes.
    6. Cook the farfalle pasta in boiling salted water until al dente – it should remain undercooked because it cooks also in the oven.
    7. Chop the green garlic and mix in a bowl with 6 tablespoons olive oil. Add the well drained pasta and stir in gently.
    8. Remove the tomatoes and eggplants from the oven and turn up the oven to 180C.
    9. Add half of the pasta and garlic mixture on the bottom of an glass ovenproof dish.
    10. Scatter half the tomatoes over the pasta in the dish.
    11. Slice thinly the mozarella and add about a half of the slices on top of tomatoes then add the olives, shredded basil and some black pepper.
    12. Place the eggplant slices in a layer, then another layer of the remaining pasta and the final layer with the remaining tomatoes and mozzarella slices.
    13. Grate some hard cheese on top and bake for about 15 minutes, until the top is crusty.
    14. Serve hot with grated pecorino cheese.




    Category Italian, Pasta, Vegetarian | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

  4. Chicken with Pears and Blue Cheese Recipe

    April 24, 2012 by Varga László


    Ingredients (2 persons):

    • 300 g chicken breast
    • 1 large aromatic pear
    • 50 g blue cheese
    • 10-15 almonds
    • 100 g butter
    • salt to taste
    • 1 teaspoon hot paprika
    • a bunch of ramsons (wild garlic) leaves for garnishing (optional)

    Preparation method:

    1. Wash the chicken breast and cut them into two slices.
    2. Slice thinly the pear.
    3. Rub salt and hot paprika on both sides of the chicken slices.
    4. Heat the butter in a pan and fry slightly the chicken on both sides over medium-high heat.
    5. Remove the chicken from the pan and braise slightly the pear slices on both sides in the same pan.
    6. In an ovenproof dish place the chicken slices, covered by the pear slices then the blue cheese and the chopped almonds.
    7. Roast in in the prehheated oven for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melted a bit.
    8. Serve with some greens as side dish, I used some freshly and roughly cut ramsons (wild garlic) leaves, since spring it is their season.




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