
Hungarian Goulash
Hungary's iconic paprika-red beef and potato stew — deeply savoury, warmly spiced and cooked low and slow until the beef is meltingly tender.
Goulash, pollo alla paprikash, lángos: audace cucina dei Carpazi speziata alla paprika.
La cucina ungherese si basa su una triade: paprika, lardo o maiale ricco di grassi e panna acida (tejföl). La paprika arrivò attraverso i turchi ottomani nel XVI secolo, ma divenne ungherese a Szeged e Kalocsa, dove i peperoni vengono essiccati e macinati in gradi da dolce (édesnemes) a piccante (erős). Gulyás iniziò come lo stufato dei pastori di bestiame magiari della Grande Pianura - manzo, cipolle, paprika e acqua cotti in un bogrács sul fuoco - e rimane una zuppa in Ungheria, non il denso "gulasch" dei menu stranieri.
La tecnica che definisce la cucina è la base del pörkölt: cipolle fatte sudare lentamente nel grasso, la pentola tolta dal fuoco, aggiunta di paprika (brucia e diventa amara in pochi secondi), quindi carne aggiunta a brasare nei suoi stessi succhi. Da questa base provengono il pörkölt e il paprikás, quest'ultimo rifinito con panna acida, come nel pollo paprikash con nokedli simili a gnocchi. L'Halászlé, la zuppa di carpa e paprika piccante cucinata lungo il Tibisco e il Danubio, è forse il piatto più piccante dell'Europa centrale.
Oltre alla paprika, la cucina ungherese ama i piatti a strati e ripieni: töltött káposzta (cavolo ripieno con crauti e maiale affumicato), rakott krumpli (patate a strati, uova e salsiccia) e lecsó, lo stufato di pomodoro e pepe consumato tutta l'estate. La tradizione della pasticceria è seria: rétes (strudel) con pasta sottilissima stesa a mano, torta Dobos con caramello, torta al camino (kürtőskalács) e la cultura del caffè di Budapest che rivaleggiava con quella di Vienna al suo apice.
Paprica
I peperoni macinati di Szeged e Kalocsa nella versione da dolce a piccante colorano e insaporiscono l'intera cucina, sempre aggiunti fuori dal fuoco per evitare l'amarezza.
Pörkölt & Paprikás
La tecnica madre: cipolle sotto grasso, paprika, poi carne brasata lentamente; finire con panna acida e diventa paprikás.
Gulyás
La zuppa calda dei pastori di manzo, cipolla, paprika, patate e tagliatelle pizzicate csipetke: una zuppa in Ungheria, mai uno stufato denso.
Panna Acida (Tejföl)
La densa panna acida ungherese arricchisce il paprikash, ricopre cavoli ripieni e lángos e bilancia il calore della paprika in tutto il repertorio.
Lecsó & Peperoni
Uno stufato estivo di peperoni, pomodori e cipolle ungheresi, mangiato da solo, con salsiccia o con uova mescolate.
Strudel e pasticceria al caffè
Le rétes stirate a mano, la Dobos torte e la somlói galuska discendono dalla cultura dei caffè dell'età dell'oro di Budapest.
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Piatti a base di paprika soprattutto: gulyás (zuppa di gulasch), pollo alla paprikash con gnocchi di nokedli, brasati di pörkölt e zuppa del pescatore (halászlé). Oltre a questi, cavoli ripieni, lángos (pasta fritta con panna acida e formaggio), stufato di peperoni di lecsó e dolci come lo strudel, la torta Dobos e la torta al camino. Il sapore caratteristico è la paprika, le cipolle cotte nel grasso e la panna acida.
In Ungheria, la gulyás è una zuppa di manzo speziata alla paprika con patate, carote e tagliatelle csipetke pizzicate, mangiata con un cucchiaio. Il Pörkölt è il brasato denso - carne stufata in una base di cipolla e paprika con una minima quantità di liquido - che gli stranieri di solito intendono con "gulasch". Aggiungi la panna acida al brasato in stile pörkölt e diventa paprikás, come nel pollo paprikash.
Di solito caldo piuttosto che caldo. La maggior parte delle cucine utilizza la paprika dolce (édesnemes), che conferisce un sapore intenso di pepe e un colore rosso senza troppo calore. La paprika piccante e i peperoncini freschi compaiono come condimenti da tavola, in particolare la pasta Erős Pista, in modo che i commensali si adattino individualmente. L'eccezione è l'halászlé, la zuppa di fiume del pescatore, che è tradizionalmente ma decisamente calda.
Paprikash di pollo: far appassire abbondante cipolla nel grasso, aggiungere la paprika dolce fuori dal fuoco, brasare le cosce di pollo nella base risultante e completare con panna acida temperata con un po' di farina. Servire su nokedli (ravioli veloci all'uovo raschiati in acqua bollente) o pasta all'uovo. Lecsó è ancora più semplice: peperoni, pomodori, cipolla, paprika, una padella.
La paprika macinata è ricca di zuccheri che bruciano in pochi secondi nel grasso caldo, rendendo il piatto amaro e marrone fangoso. I cuochi ungheresi tolgono la pentola dal fuoco, mescolano la paprika con le cipolle ammorbidite e il grasso, quindi aggiungono immediatamente carne o liquido per abbassare la temperatura. Questa singola abitudine fa la differenza tra il paprikash dal gusto autentico e un'imitazione amara.