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Bejgli
Bejgli is a Hungarian sweet yeast roll filled with walnut or poppy-seed paste, traditionally baked in a rolled shape.
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Hungary
Bejgli is a Hungarian sweet yeast roll filled with walnut or poppy-seed paste, traditionally baked in a rolled shape.

Hungary
Véres hurka
Blood sausage is a Hungarian cooked sausage made with pig's blood, rice, onions, and seasonings.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarma
A Bosnian dish of pickled cabbage leaves stuffed with minced beef or lamb, rice, onion and paprika, slow-simmered in a flavourful broth, often with smoked meat.

Hungary
Brassói aprópecsenye
Brassói roast is diced pork and potatoes pan-fried with onions, bacon, and paprika.

Eger, Hungary
Egri bikavér
Bull's Blood is a full-bodied red wine blend from Eger, based on Kékfrankos, named after 1552 siege legend.

Hungary
Bundás kenyér
Savoury “fur-coated” French toast.

Hungary
Kuglóf
Bundt cake is a ring-shaped yeast cake with raisins and almonds, baked in a fluted tube pan.

Hungary
Gesztenyepüré
Chestnut Purée is a sweetened chestnut purée with rum, topped with whipped cream, served chilled.

Hungary
Csirkepaprikás-leves
Chicken Paprika Soup is a creamy chicken soup with paprika, sour cream, vegetables, and noodles or dumplings, silky and rich.

Hungary
Csirkepaprikás
Chicken Paprikash is a chicken simmered with onions, paprika, and finished with sour cream, served with nokedli.

Transylvania, Romania
Kürtőskalács
Chimney cake is sweet yeast dough wrapped around a spit, roasted over charcoal, with a caramelized crust and soft centre.

Hungary
Szaloncukor
Christmas Candy is a chocolate-covered fondant candies hung on Hungarian Christmas tree.

Hungary
Cigánypecsenye
“Gypsy roast” pork cutlets with bacon and paprika.

Hungary
Kókuszgolyó
Coconut balls are Hungarian sweets coated in chocolate and flavoured with coconut.

Hungary
Túró
Cottage cheese is a soft Hungarian curd cheese with a crumbly texture and a slightly sour taste.

Hungary
Túrós csusza
Cottage Cheese Pasta is a pasta with cottage cheese, crispy bacon, and sour cream.

Hungary
Túrós táska
Cottage cheese pouches are fried or baked pastries filled with sweetened cottage cheese.

Hungary
Kifli
Kifli are Hungarian crescent-shaped yeast rolls that may be savoury or sweet, with flaky buttery layers.

Hungary
Csabai kolbász
Csabai sausage is a spicy smoked sausage from Békéscsaba, made in its protected regional style and seasoned with paprika.

Hungary
Csörögefánk
Crisp angel wings.

Debrecen, Hungary
Debreceni
Debreceni Sausage is a pork sausage heavily spiced with paprika, garlic, pepper, and marjoram, reddish-orange color.

Hungary
Diós tészta
Sweet egg noodles with ground walnuts.

Hungary
Dobostorte
Hungarian Dobos Torte is a layered sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and capped by a crisp caramel wedge; Austria knows it as Dobostorte.

Hungary
Fánk
Doughnut is a sweet yeast doughnuts filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar.

Hungary
Korhelyleves
Drunkard's Soup is a sauerkraut soup with smoked sausage, pork ribs, and paprika.

Hungary
Eszterházy torta
Esterházy torte.

Hungary
Fasírozott
Flat pan-fried meatballs with paprika.

Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary
Halászlé
Fisherman's soup is a Hungarian red fish soup made with carp, river fish, hot paprika, onions, and green peppers.

Hungary
Madártej
Floating Island is a poached meringue islands floating in vanilla custard, light and elegant Hungarian dessert, firm meringue clouds with silky custard.

Hungary
Főzelék
Thick vegetable pottage, a daily staple.

Hungary
Gyümölcsleves
Hungarian fruit soup is a chilled, lightly sweet soup of seasonal fruit, often sour cherries, with cream or sour cream and warm spices. Cold sour-cherry soup (hideg meggyleves) is its best-known summer form.

Hungary
Vadas
Game Stew is a hunter-style game meat (usually venison) in a creamy sauce with root vegetables and sour cream, sweet-sour balance, served with dumplings.

Hungary
Arany galuska
Golden dumplings are yeast dough balls dipped in butter and a sugar-walnut mixture, baked, and served with custard.

Hungary
Gombapaprikás
Vegetarian mushroom paprikash.

Hungary
Libamáj
Goose liver is Hungarian foie gras served pan-fried or from a tin, with a smooth and velvety texture.

Vojvodina, Serbia
Gulyásleves
Goulash soup is a Hungarian beef soup with paprika, potatoes, caraway, and csipetke noodles traditionally cooked in a bogrács.