Although it’s an international dish and so is the new year custom to start the year with lentil soup, but the Hungarian recipe contains a few new elements, in line with the general principles of Hungarian cooking methods.

First of all, főzelék, an untranslatable word, is neither a soup, nor is it stew, but in-between. The ingredients – apart from salt and pepper – include bay leaf, garlic, paprika, vinegar, sour cream and of course roux.

The non-vegetarian version demands bacon skin and smoked knuckle and anything smoked and preferably pork.

You are welcome to concoct your own version based on this very educational 1:27-length video clip made by Apróséf, a most popular recipe portal (unfortunately, only in Hungarian but excellent for language learners)

Jó étvágyat. Bon appetit. Enjoy.

Source: fungarian.hu - republished with permission