Hungarian cottage cheese dumplings (Túrógombóc)🇭🇺

Here’s a traditional, soft, pillowy, comforting recipe for Hungarian Cottage Cheese Dumplings (Túrógombóc) 🇭🇺✨
Light, fluffy cheese balls rolled in buttery toasted breadcrumbs and served with sour cream & powdered sugar — a beloved Hungarian classic.


🇭🇺🧀 Hungarian Cottage Cheese Dumplings (Túrógombóc)

⭐ INGREDIENTS (4 servings):

  • 500 g cottage cheese (dry-style, well drained)
  • 2 eggs
  • 100–120 g semolina (about ½ cup)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • Zest of ½ lemon (optional, but traditional)

For coating:

  • 3–4 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • 2–3 tbsp powdered sugar
  • Sour cream (to serve, optional)

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