Traditional Hungarian dessert recipes – Culinary Hungary🇭🇺

Those look like Hungarian Fánk (sweet fried doughnuts) – a traditional treat often made for holidays like Farsang (Hungarian Carnival). They’re light, airy, fried to golden perfection, and usually dusted with powdered sugar – sometimes served with apricot jam.

Here’s a classic recipe so you can make them yourself:

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🍩 Hungarian Fánk (Fried Doughnuts)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
• 2 ¼ tsp (1 packet, 7 g) instant yeast
• ½ cup (120 ml) lukewarm milk
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tbsp butter, melted
• ½ tsp salt
• Zest of 1 lemon (optional, traditional)
• Oil for frying (sunflower or neutral oil)
• Powdered sugar, for dusting

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