You’ve never heard of ice cream like this: after cheese and cream lángos, another Hungarian ice cream to be tasted

When you think of ice cream, sweet flavours are the first thing that comes to mind. However, a Hungarian confectioner has elevated this idea by offering a range of unique Hungarian flavours. Cheese and sour cream lángos have been a big hit, turning 2023’s ice cream offerings into a novelty. But this year, they’ve introduced a surprising twist.

Attila Pálfi, a confectioner from Balatonmáriafürdő, has created the latest ice cream sensation: hake ice cream, which consists of fried fish and other intriguing ingredients.

This innovative ice cream won a special prize in 2023 for its cheese and sour cream flavour, which has been so popular that it remains a staple at Vitorlás Fagyizó (Ice Cream Shop). For 2024, it returns with a new “Hungarian Sea” flavour.

“For fun, I decided to create the ice cream for my favourite race, the Balaton Ice Cream Race,” Pálfi told LikeBalaton.

Crafting the hake ice cream was a big challenge, given its salty, fishy profile. The base includes fructose but also features salt and mustard among its ingredients. It is served alongside fried hake from the neighbouring Gyufa buffet.

“After the fish is cleaned of its bones, a cream pâté is made, mixed with the ice cream and frozen. I’m not saying that hake ice cream will be everyone’s favourite, but that wasn’t the goal. I aim to introduce new concepts to the industry that, in a few years, won’t seem so astonishing,”

– concluded Attila Pálfi.

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