Posts Tagged ‘marjoram’

Hungarian Goulash (Maďarský Guláš)

Ingredients: 2lbs beef chuck (cubed), 1 green and 1 red large bell pepper, 3 tomatoes, scallions (or leeks or onions), 4 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, paprika, red pepper, ground black pepper, salt, caraway (ground is better), marjoram Prep Time: Only about 20 minutes to get everything going, but some 3 hours for stewing I love Hungarian goulash! Goulash, the traditional dish of Hungary, refers to a beef stew cooked with the sweet powdered red pepper. At least, that’s how it’s now known. This spice, paprika, did not enter Hungarian cuisine until the 16th century. Goulash, on Read the Rest…

Rice Sausage (Jaternica)

Ingredients: 2lbs rice (4.5 coffee mugs or 5.7 cups), 2 small onions, 9 coffee mugs water (~11.5 cups), 1lb pork liver, 2 pork hearts, 1lb pork meat (side cut or shoulder, should be about 50% fatty, you can also use pork skin) Prep Time: about 2 hours Jaternica (also known as hurka) is a special pork sausage prepared during zabíjačka, the traditional annual slaughter of a pig. It’s made out of pork meat mixed with rice. Although it is commonly prepared in the sausage form, this is not necessary. Hurka, in my opinion, is even tastier when prepared as porridge Read the Rest…

Risotto (Rizoto)

Ingredients: 1.5 cups rice, cooked chicken, marjoram, ground black pepper, onion, salt, oil Prep Time: 30 minutes Risotto (rizoto) is another Italian dish like spaghetti carbonara that is tremendously popular in Slovakia. This dish is best prepared with cooked meat, so it’s best made after making soup. We used the chicken used in preparing the chicken noodle soup. But other types of meat work as well. And if you don’t have cooked meat to begin with, simply start off by browning fresh meat with the onions, and then cooking it along with the rice. Follow the easy recipe below to Read the Rest…

Potato Pancakes (Zemiakové Placky)

Ingredients: 3 large potatoes, one egg, salt, marjoram, black pepper, half a small onion, 1-2 cloves of garlic, 1 spoon of flour, oil Prep Time: 30 minutes Fried potato pancakes (vyprážané zemiakové placky, also called haruľa) are quite popular in Slovakia. They are made out of potato dough just like lokshe, but are made out of uncooked potatoes and are fried in oil. Potato pancakes are usually eaten as a snack, but you can serve them as a side with soups and some meals. They are very similar to Jewish latkes, but they have few additional spices. Potato pancakes are Read the Rest…