What is Hungary’s best bread?
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This year again, an open jury decided which are the best breads in Hungary. A five-member jury of professionals selected the very best from the finalists through rigorous judging criteria. The Hungarian Bakers’ Association announced its Bread Competition for the 9th time. Hungarian bakers could enter their products in two categories; the first was ‘St. Stephen’s Day Bread’ and the other category was ‘Innovative Bread’.
Unfortunately, however, I cannot tell you which are the exact winners as they will be announced at the beginning of August, at the central press conference in the Hungarian Parliament, but keep an eye on our site as we will be publishing it as well. According to Origo, it is worth the wait, as you will be able to taste the best breads at ‘Várkert Bazár’ (Castle Garden Bazaar) on the 19th of August.
The Hungarian Bakers’ Association announced its Bread Competition again this year with two possible categories to enter; ‘St. Stephen’s Day Bread’ and ‘Innovative Bread’.
The two categories aimed to test the creativity of Hungarian bakers.
In the ‘Innovative’ category – which was very popular among the bakers – they could enter breads with herbs and spices.
The most important category of the competition, however, is ‘St. Stephen’s Day Bread’, because this is the bread bakers would prepare to celebrate the founding of the state of Hungary. The bakers had to make the bread mostly from wheat products, using the traditional sourdough technique, and bakers were only allowed to use natural Hungarian ingredients. In the description of their product, bakers had to reference the tradition they used or the region the bread was from.
It must be very healthy and germ free too, especially after he touches it a million times and sniffs it while its touching his nose, yuk it makes me sick just thinking about eating it.