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Hungarian Túrós Csusza (Broad Egg Pasta with Creamy Curd Cheese, Sour Cream and Crispy Bacon Lardons)
A legendary Hungarian comfort classic: wide square egg noodles tossed in rendered bacon drippings, layered with fresh curd cheese and warm sour cream, topped with crispy bacon cracklings.
Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Total
25 min
Ingredients
servings
4
- Square egg pasta (csusza or broken lasagna sheets)350 g
- Smoked slab bacon, diced into lardons180 g
- Fresh dry-curd cottage cheese (túró)300 g
- Heavy sour cream (tejföl)250 g
- Salt1 tsp
Preparation Steps
1
Boil pasta in salted water until al dente (8-10 minutes), then drain well.
10 min timer
2
Render diced bacon in a large skillet until crisp and golden brown. Set aside half the crispy bits for garnish.
8 min timer
3
Toss hot drained pasta in the rendered bacon drippings. Fold in crumbled curd cheese and warm sour cream. Heat gently for 2 minutes, crown with reserved crispy bacon lardons, and serve immediately.
3 min timer
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Nutrition Facts
per servingCalories
580
Protein
26g
Carbohydrates
52g
Fat
30g
Allergens
GlutenMilkEggs
*estimated values per serving
Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: European Gastronomic Heritage / Public Domain Archives (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & European Culinary Traditions Archive)
Legal status: Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) • 17 U.S.C. § 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
