A Hungarian Christmas favourite part 2: Rákóczi’s cake with cottage cheese – Rákóczi túrós

After the first part of our “what Hungarian desserts to bake this Christmas” recommendation series of articles, welcome to the second part. Last time, we gave you the an easy recipe of the iconic poppy seed bread pudding (mákos guba). This time, the dessert at hand is a bit more complicated to make – but just as delicious! Read on for the recipe of Rákóczi túrós (Rákóczi’s cake with cottage cheese).

As 5percangol.hu writes, Rákóczi túrós was named after a confectioner named János Rákóczi. He was a big name at the time: he worked all around Europe’s best restaurants. His dessert debuted in 1956 at the world exhibition in Brussels. Ever since then, the Rákóczi túrós remains one of Hungary’s specialties.

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Ingredients

For the dough

• 30 dkg flour
• 15 dkg margarine
• 10 dkg icing sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 pinch of baking soda
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 dl sour cream

For the filling

• 50 dkg cottage cheese
• 10 dkg granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons of semolina
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 dl sour cream

For the top

• peach jam
• 4 egg whites
• 15 dkg icing sugar

Preparation

1. Knead the flour with the margarine, icing sugar, egg yolks, a pinch of baking soda, a pinch of salt and the sour cream. Roll out to a thickness of 1 cm, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake at 180°C for 10 minutes until half-baked.
2. To make the filling, mix the cottage cheese with the granulated sugar, semolina, egg yolks and sour cream. Spread the pastry thinly with jam, then spread the filling on top. Return to the oven. Bake at 160°C for 20 minutes.
3. For the top, beat the egg whites with the icing sugar (however sweet you like it) over steam until stiff, press them onto the cottage cheese with a pastry bag in a lattice shape, then bake at 150°C for 15 minutes.

Let us know if you do decide to bake this delicious dessert!

If you wish to watch a video of the process, find Mindmegette’s video below:

The Hungarian version of the recipe can be found on Mindmegette’s page.

Read alsoA Hungarian Christmas favourite: poppy seed bread pudding (mákos guba)

Source: 5percangol.hu, mindmegette.hu