Here’s a traditional Hungarian sweet dish for you:
🇭🇺 Rakott Tészta (Hungarian Baked Dessert Noodles)
A cozy and sweet layered noodle casserole, rakott tészta is a classic Hungarian comfort dessert. It’s often made with wide noodles, sweetened cottage cheese, raisins, and sour cream, baked until golden. It’s sometimes called “Vargabéles” when made with strudel pastry, but the pasta version is just as beloved.
🍴 Ingredients:
- 250 g (9 oz) wide egg noodles (csusza tészta or similar)
- 250 g (9 oz) cottage cheese (or farmer’s cheese/túró)
- 100 g (½ cup) sugar
- 2 eggs (separated)
- 50 g (¼ cup) unsalted butter (melted)
- 50 g (⅓ cup) raisins (optional, soaked in rum or warm water)
- 200 ml (¾ cup) sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar (or extract)
- Pinch of salt
- Zest of 1 lemon (optional, for extra aroma)