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Lángos — Hungarian Fried Dough
Hungary's most beloved street food: a large, yeasted flatbread deep-fried until golden and puffy, topped with sour cream and grated cheese.
⏱ 110 min🔥 580 kcalEasy
★4.8(4,321)
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Hungarian Cheese Recipes
10 recipes using cheese — Goulash, chicken paprikash, lángos — bold paprika-spiced Carpathian cuisine.
These 10 hungarian cheese recipes are ready in about 73 minutes on average, with 290–640 kcal per serving, and 50% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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73 min
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468 kcal
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How Hungarian cuisine cooks with cheese
Hungarian cuisine — Goulash, chicken paprikash, lángos — bold paprika-spiced Carpathian cuisine — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Hungarian cooks work with cheese, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are frying, baking, boiling and simmering.
A concentrated hit of savoury, salty richness used to melt, gratinate, crumble or finish a dish. In this collection it's most often cooked with sour cream, fine sea salt, all-purpose flour, eggs, breadcrumbs and butter. The dishes here span hungarian classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Lángos — Hungarian Fried Dough is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 4,321 ratings.
10 Hungarian Cheese Recipes
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Lángos (Hungarian Deep-Fried Flatbread)
Hungary's most beloved street food — a large, yeasted flatbread deep-fried until golden and puffy, rubbed with garlic, topped with sour cream and grated cheese. The taste of every Hungarian market.
⏱ 105 min🔥 580 kcalMedium
★4.8(512)
✨ Newbread
Hungarian Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread
Hungarian Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread brings hungarian flavor to a practical flatbread built with flatbread dough, paprika, sour cream, caraway and peppers, and a fresh parsley finish.
⏱ 47 min🔥 490 kcalEasy
★4.6(11,655)
✨ Newdinner
Túrós Csusza (Hungarian Pasta with Farmer's Cheese and Bacon)
Wide pasta tossed with fresh farmer's cheese, sour cream and crispy bacon bits, a beloved Hungarian comfort dish.
⏱ 35 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.4(57)
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Hungarian Langos (Fried Dough with Sour Cream and Cheese)
Deep-fried yeasted flatbread, crisp outside and chewy within, topped with sour cream, grated cheese and garlic.
⏱ 90 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.3(64)
✨ Newstarter
Hungarian Rántott Sajt (Fried Breaded Cheese)
Thick slices of semi-hard cheese breaded and deep-fried until the crust shatters and the center turns molten.
⏱ 35 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.3(71)
✨ Newdessert
Hungarian Túrógombóc (Sweet Farmer's Cheese Dumplings)
Soft dumplings made from fresh farmer's cheese, boiled and rolled in buttery breadcrumbs, served with sour cream and sugar.
⏱ 45 min🔥 340 kcalMedium
★4.7(56)
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Hungarian Lángos Sandwich with Sour Cream and Cheese
Deep-fried potato dough topped with garlic, sour cream and grated cheese, folded like a sandwich — Hungary's beloved fairground street food.
⏱ 110 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.6(38)
✨ Newdessert
Hungarian Túrós Rétes (Sweet Cheese Strudel)
Paper-thin stretched strudel dough wrapped around a sweet farmer's cheese filling — Hungary's beloved túrós rétes, a fixture of coffee-house culture.
⏱ 95 min🔥 290 kcalHard
★4.6(36)
✨ Newdinner
Hungarian Paprika Burger with Slow-Cooked Onions
A Hungarian-spiced beef burger seasoned with sweet paprika and caraway, topped with deeply caramelized slow-cooked onions.
⏱ 60 min🔥 640 kcalEasy
★4.6(289)
Choosing & preparing cheese
How to choose
Buy in blocks and grate fresh — pre-shredded cheese is coated with anti-caking starch that hampers melting. Match the cheese to the job: good melters (mozzarella, gruyère) versus crumblers (feta, parmesan).
Prep & storage
Let cheese come to room temperature for the fullest flavour. Add delicate cheeses off the heat to stop them splitting; build a smooth sauce with a roux or a starch.
Nutrition
A calcium- and protein-rich food; it is also high in saturated fat and sodium, so a little sharp cheese goes a long way.
Classic flavour partners: tomatoes, bread, wine, pasta, black pepper, honey
Hungarian Cheese Recipes — FAQ
How long do Hungarian cheese recipes take to make?
Most of these 10 Hungarian cheese recipes are ready in around 73 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Túrós Csusza (Hungarian Pasta with Farmer's Cheese and Bacon), takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 110 minutes.
How many calories are in Hungarian cheese dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 290 to 640 kcal per serving, averaging 468 kcal — Hungarian Túrós Rétes (Sweet Cheese Strudel) is the lightest option at 290 kcal.
What is the easiest Hungarian cheese recipe for beginners?
Lángos — Hungarian Fried Dough is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 110 minutes. 50% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with cheese in Hungarian cooking?
In these recipes, cheese is most often paired with sour cream, fine sea salt, all-purpose flour, eggs, breadcrumbs and butter. Hungarian kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
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