Hungarian Lecso - Mixed Pepper Stew With Hungarian Sausage and Rice (Lecso Kolbaszal) by Clara Margaret Czegeny

Hungarian Lecso - Mixed Pepper Stew With Hungarian Sausage and Rice (Lecso Kolbaszal)

Hungarian Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage is also known as Sweet and Sour Purple Cabbage or Magyar Lila Kaposzta. Voros Kaposzta literally means red cabbage, is most commonly used by Hungarians in stir-fried and served with pork dishes or sometimes on fresh salads. It is also known as lilakaposzta - purple cabbage. Sweet and Sour Cabbage is a very traditionally Hungarian dish and is very popular with Austrians as well with variations of added apples and other spices.

Hungarian Stir-Fried Red Cabbage is an extremely delectable side dish. Even though vegetarian diet is still not very popular, Hungarian Red Cabbage stands out as one of a kind. I am delighted to present it the way my mother Helen Czegeny has prepared it for decades- one of my all time favourites. Any other preparation method just wouldn't be Hungarian. The caraway seed "makes" the cabbage flavours pop. The aromas of cabbage and vinegar fill the kitchen. Amazingly satisfying! It starts our red, but ends up purple!

Ingredients

• 1 medium to large head Red Cabbage
• 1 onion sliced thin
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1 tsp caraway seed
• 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar

Directions:

Slice the cabbage thinly on mandolin slicer. Sauté onion in oil, add shredded red cabbage and stir-fry, stirring constantly with a wooden paddle spoon on high heat.

When the cabbage is fully softened, about 10-15 minutes, but still crunchy, add the other spices - salt, pepper, caraway seeds, sugar and vinegar to taste. As soon as you add the apple cider vinegar, the stir-fried cabbage will turn a brilliant purple. Maybe that's why the Hungarian jury is still not in on deciding on its name - red or purple.

Serving Suggestion: Piping hot with Roast Duck, Pork Shoulder Roast, Garlic Pork Chops or Pork Ribs and crispy oven-roasted potato wedges. We can't leave out serving it with fresh home-made Hungarian Sausage (Kolbasz).

Treat yourself to a new style of eating. Simple, flavourful, fresh ingredients and absolutely delightful.

Clara M. Czegeny is self-proclaimed Hot Hungarian Chef and Author of Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes Cookbook. 

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Enjoy the Hungarian Rhapsody of Recipes that you will find in the pages of "Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes".
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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS - 2006-2011

"Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes is such a hit with our audience and everyone just loves you!" Kyle Christie CTV News Anchor, Apr 2010

"This is absolutely wonderful - comfort food at it's finest" Nancy Richards CTV News Anchor, Apr 2010

"The most appealing quality of Helen’s Hungarian Heritage Recipes is her daughter's friendly voice recalling her mother’s cooking instructions and homey sisterly banter" - Edward Behr, Art of Eating Magazine Fall 2009

"Imagine that the creative chef and her secret recipes has most ingredients and methods for preparation stored in her head, with only bits of information jotted down on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes, sometimes in Hungarian, or Swedish, German, or even Russian". --Kit McDermott, Senior Editor, Lifestyles, Brantford Expositor - Feb, 2006

"Clara Czegeny's cookbook is a small treasure with a big heart. The loving result of a desire to honour an aging parent". Gordon M. Balfour, BusMgr-Writer-Gideons International In Canada, 2006

"Clara and my dear mother Helen, co-authored these treasured Hungarian family recipes. So, whether you crave Chicken Paprikas or Almás Rétes, this authentic, beloved, cherished and Hungarian Heritage Recipe collection includes a vast array of national favourites, from appetizers through desserts". --Anne M Lindsay ReMax House Calgary, "The Million Dollar Realtor" Alberta  Jan 2006

"These ladies sure know how to write and cook" Debra Frigault, President KW Business Women's Association Feb 2010

"Are you Hungry for Hungary? Do you crave cabbage rolls, drool over dumplings or get all atwitter about torte? Mother-daughter team create new cookbook!" Heather Ibbotson, Brantford Expositor, Nov 2008

"A Perfect Gift for Any Age- Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes is just perfect!"Colleen Thoms, Brantford Expositor Dec  2008

"What started out as an idea for a small recipe booklet to share with friends and family, Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes has turned into a National Success for this dynamic mother-daughter duo from Brantford, Ontario"  Kyle Christie, CTV News Anchor - Oct 2009

"I just love everything about Hungarian Food. I want to try everything." Ted Lehman Inside Brant  TV- News Anchor Oct 2010

HOT HUNGARIAN CHEFS, "The front door opens and out wafts the tangy-sweet aroma of cinnamon and baked apples. Not a surprise, really, since this is the house owned by Helen Czégény, an 83-year-old dynamo who, along with daughter, Clara Czegeny." Greg McMillan, Senior Editor, BRANT NEWS Nov 2009

"If you remember your grandmother as permanently apron-clad, stationed by the stove holding a wooden spoon and sharing wonderful stories of her childhood in a strong foreign accent as she stirred, kneaded, chopped and sliced, then Helen’s Hungarian Heritage Recipes will strike an emphatic chord". Petra Tanos, Art of Eating Magazine Fall 2009

"Celebrated Chef Helen Szabo Czegeny and Clara Czegeny were invited guest chefs to teach their chef trainees all about Hungarian Goulash Soup and Apple Squares. What a treat! There wasn't a morsel left! Everyone praised and thanked Chef Helen and Clara on how professional their teaching class went." Liaison College - Kitchener -Nov 4, 2009

"Famous Chef Helen Szabo Czegeny stopped in to teach the students how to make Chicken Paprikas. Celebrated Chef Lindsay Vandekamp invited Helen and Clara to teach her Ethnic Cooking Class to feature Hungarian Food. Helen is famous for her Hungarian recipes and is doing a book tour this month." Liaison College Hamilton Oct 21, 2009

"We found this valueable treasure of Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes by chance online and just had to have it to promote to our loyal Hungarian Customers worldwide". Elizabeth (Szabo) Vos Magyar Marketing (USA) Oct 2009

"Readers of Hungarian origin will be very thrilled to see all the dishes they ate as children, but never learned to make. Lecsó lives on!" Ted Lehman Inside Brant TV News Anchor Apr 2010

"The Hot Hungarian Chef, aka Clara Czegeny, has some hot recipes for you in her "Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes. There's a lot to love in this book" says, Barbara Rolek - By Barbara Rolek, About.com Guide  Oct  2010

"Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes - TOP 10 EASTERN EUROPEAN COOKBOOKS particularly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  Clara has taken her mother’s treasured recipes and stories and written them down into a spiral bound, homey cookbook.  Full of information about the ingredients, techniques and tools, this little cookbook will make you feel as though you are sitting at the table with family enjoying one of Helen’s meals." 10 Best Cookbooks by Pauline's Cookbooks Wordpress Oct  2010

"I found an English written Hungarian cookbook. The writer of this book, and the maker of the foods appearing in it, is Helen who has rebuilt her life in Montreal based on Hungarian gastronomy" Alkotonők.hu Erika Urban, CEO, Nov 2010

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Magyar Csírke / Tyúk Leves - HUNGARIAN CHICKEN or HEN SOUP

HUNGARIAN CHICKEN or HEN SOUP

Csírke / Tyúk Leves

The queen of soups in any Hungarian gathering is Chicken Soup. The traditional noodle is hand-made Csiga Tészta- Screw Shaped is the noodle of choice.  No wedding would be complete without it. The golden gloss of this soup is the pride of an excellent cook.   

Any season is the time for Chicken/Hen Soup. Aromas that you recognize in later years, that actually tug at your heart. There is no soup as good as the soup mom made. My mom's Hungarian heritage is evident in the method and ingredients of this classic recipe.

1  3-4 lb Stewing Hen

(Mature Chicken)

4 quarts water 

1 tbsp salt

8 peppercorns

3 carrots

3 parsley roots

3 ribs celery w/ leaves,

1 pc kohlrabi (in season)

1 chicken OXO cube

1 onion, unpeeled

1 thread Saffron

Cut up stewing hen and place cleaned pieces into large soup pot with water, salt, and peppercorns. Bring to a slow boil. Skim foam from top with small cup-size sieve as soon as it appears. Continue 2 or 3 more times. Then, slowly simmer chicken soup until meat is fork tender, about 2 hours.  Add cut up vegetables and seasonings. Continue simmering over lower heat until vegetables are tender, about ½ hour.  Remove large pieces of meat and vegetables into serving dish. Strain soup through a fine sieve slowly into soup tureen so that soup stays clear and golden.  Serve meat and vegetables and soup along with Hungarian noodles like fine Laska or Csiga or Kocka. (The photograph by Evangbeline Mackell, Design in Bloom, shows the square noodles or Kocka Tészta)

Just like every other authentic Hungarian soup, chicken soup is a slow cooking soup that takes a bit of time. The secret to making glassy,  glissening and clear soup is to simmer the soup, never boil.   Also, use unpeeled yellow onions as the peel imparts a very desirable golden yellow colour to the soup. The results are beautiful.

Chef’s Hint: Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus and is a bright orange in colour. Saffron is the three stigmas of the saffron crocus. They are delicate and thread- like, each measuring 2.5-4 cm. Its colour is a bright orange-red, and is used in cooking as a seasoning and colouring agent. The redder the saffron, the higher the quality. It is a secret weapon used by skilled chefs – one thread will brighten your hen soup to a glorious gold.

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A Hungarian Rhapsody of Recipes found on each page

Review

Clara Czegeny's cookbook is a small treasure with a big heart. The loving result of a desire to honour an aging parent. Gathering the best entries from her mother's memories and scribbled papers to create a cornucopia of Hungarian dishes that will delight even the most discerning palate. Clara s daughter, Evangeline H.H. Mackell of Design in Bloom is the accomplished photographer and graphic artist for the cookbook. Truly, a three generation wonder! Written in a homey style and packaged in an excellent way to be very useful to the working chef or anyone interested in reading and learning about Hungarian folklore. The book is informative, fun and sensibly priced. A great buy in my books! --Dr. Gordon M. Balfour, BusMgr-Writer-Gideons International In Canada, 2006

Easy for some, with cookbooks and family recipes for quick reference, not a problem for most of us. Imagine, however, that the creative chef and her secret recipes has most ingredients and methods for preparation stored in her head, with only bits of information jotted down on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes, sometimes in Hungarian, or Swedish, German, or even Russian. --Kit McDermott, Senior Editior, Lifestyles, Brantford Expositor - Feb, 2006

Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes by Canada's newest Best Selling Cookbook author, Clara Margaret Czegeny - is a culinary treasure of truly Hungarian Classic Recipes passed down through generations of the Szabo, Czegeny, Deak and Zajacs families. Take a culinary journey through Hungarian Cuisine that is boldly brushed with fiery red paprika. Whet your appetite for this subtle and complex cuisine - a melding of Germanic, French, Slavic, Tartar, and Turkish influences. Recipes are all complete with meticulous instructions, humorous anecdotes, memories, lavish illustrations, traditions, lore and lots of love. Contrary to popular belief, Hungarian food is much more than paprika and goulash. In this book, you will find a wide array of recipes to expand the appreciation of this cuisine. Clara and my dear mother Helen, co-authored this treasured Hungarian family recipe collection. So, whether you crave Chicken Paprikas or Almas Retes, this authentic, beloved, cherished and Hungarian Heritage Recipe collection includes a vast array of national favourites, from appetizers through desserts. Learn about, create, and taste the flavours and culinary traditions of Hungary - from Cabbage Rolls to Poppy seed and Walnut Rolls and the famous regal Dobos Torte. I can honestly say that my big sister surely came up with a winning combo on this one! --Anne M Lindsay ReMax House Calgary, Alberta 2006

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Helen's Hungarian Heritage Recipes by Canada's newest Best Selling cookbook author, Clara Margaret Czegeny - is a culinary treasure of truly Hungarian classic recipes passed down through generations of the Szabo-Czegeny families. A niche gem full of hidden classic recipes, for an audience who appreciates the finest of traditional European cuisine, as well as the simple home-cooking from childhood memories. A very useful tool for the working chef or anyone interested in reading and learning about Hungarian folklore. Readers of Hungarian origin will be thrilled to see all the dishes they ate as children, but never learned to make. Lecso lives on! Recipes are concise, with compact ingredient lists and straight- forward instructions. Also Available in Large Print Edition & E-book DVD!