Traditional Hungarian dessert recipes – Culinary Hungary🇭🇺

These beautiful dumplings in your photo are Túró Gombóc – traditional Hungarian sweet cottage cheese dumplings! Soft, fluffy, and slightly tangy, they’re coated in buttery toasted breadcrumbs and often served with powdered sugar and sour cream or fruit preserves.

Here’s the classic Hungarian Túró Gombóc recipe:

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🇭🇺 Túró Gombóc (Hungarian Sweet Cheese Dumplings)

🧾 Ingredients:

• 500g (about 2 cups) farmers cheese or dry cottage cheese (well-drained)
• 2 large eggs
• 100g (¾ cup) semolina
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
• Zest of ½ lemon (optional, for brightness)

🍞 For the coating:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 100g (1 cup) breadcrumbs
• Powdered sugar for dusting

🍶 To serve (optional but traditional):

• Sour cream or fruit jam (e.g. apricot, plum)