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The Flavours of Budapest Paprika peppers are a culinary
staple and many types are
grown. They are either cooked
as part of a dish – töltött paprika
(peppers stuffed with meat
and rice) are served up every-
where – or dried and ground up
to be used as a spice. There are
hundreds of different types of
ground paprika, which vary in
flavour and strength. Although
paprika is the emblematic spice
of Hungary, it was not always
Market stall, laden with root vegetables and strings of dried peppers so. During the 19th century
national resistance movements,
Vegetables
and served with pickles. Duck is Hungarian cooks started the
another regular on Hungarian Potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage excessive use of paprika powder
menus, often roasted with are usually the main vegetables. to differentiate Hungarian and
chestnuts or berries and served But from May to July, fine white Austrian gastronomy.
with red cabbage. Pheasant may asparagus appears on market
also be on offer, normally in a rich stalls, with many restaurants Best Local Snacks
soup. Venison is common, and serving spárgaleves, a rich
usually served as a spicy pörkölt creamy soup made from Sausages Most buffets and
(goulash) or in a vegetable asparagus and veal stock. butcher’s shops offer the lightly
sauce with bread. smoked Debrecziner sausage,
made from beef, pork, paprika
and garlic. It is generally eaten
Fish with bread and mustard.
Traditional Hungarian dishes Chestnuts In winter, Budapest
are made from freshwater is crammed with stalls selling
fish, with carp the most freshly roasted chestnuts.
widely eaten, although catfish, Pancakes, fritters and
zander, bream and trout can doughnuts Snack bars all over
also be found on most menus. the country serve tasty, fried,
A popular soup is halászlé, doughy snacks all day long. Try a
made with carp or catfish and salty lángos with garlic oil or sour
seasoned with a generous cream and cheese.
dash of paprika. Another Gingerbread Shops devoted
favourite is harcsapaprikás, a to selling gingerbread are every-
goulash-style fish stew with where. At Christmas it is highly
sour cream and served with Roasting chestnuts, a common sight on decorated and given as a gift.
galuska, a type of noodle. Budapest’s winter streets

Gulyásleves A type of goulash, Csirkepaprikás Chicken ragout Dobos torta Fine slices of
this soup made of pork or beef in a creamy sauce made from sponge cake are layered with
with vegetables is flavoured with paprika and sour cream. Usually chocolate cream and topped
onion, caraway and paprika. served with Hungarian noodles. with glossy caramel.

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