I'm sorry for the few stars but even though American folks seem to like this recipe it is not a túrós csusza. That's primarily because cottage cheese does not exist in Hungary. We use "túró" (hence the name) which is a slightly curdier version of what you buy in the US as farmers' cheese. We don't mix the pasta with sour cream, rather the cheese itself, and top it with the sour cream before putting it in the oven. Alternatively, the sour cream is mixed in with the cheese. Trust me, it is the right cheese that really makes this dish.
This is an amazing meal! This recipe is the authentic way of making it, don't change a thing as it doesn't need it. My Hungarian parents always made this and it taste awsome! You could skip the oven part and just warm cottage cheese and sour cream on stove top with the noodles. I made this for my family and my daughter loves it! Yummy.
delicious recipe...I too did not believe this could be so good...I did add a little smoked paprika and Lawry's garlic powder to the dish, yummy!
My mom was of Hungarian descent and used to make this all the time minus the bacon. It was my comfort food growing up! Can be made even easier with just the noodles cottage cheese salt and pepper.
Charlee this is really good! I didn't use bacon (because I didn't have any)...instead did as one reviewer suggested and caramelized onions. I added a little balsamic vinegar & brown sugar as I was sauteeing them to add sweetness and nice color - and used whole wheat noodle pasta. The taste reminded me of the noodle pudding I ate when vacationing in Prague.
We make this once a week on Grocery Day. It is so easy and everyone loves it. Hubby's Family is Hungarian and this is just one of So many amazing meals to make. A lot of the times we do not add the bacon and just salt and pepper it and we just make it on the stove top.:)
I was a little nervous about the combo of ingredients. But I had a container of cottage cheese I needed to use and I was feeling adventurous! Boy was I glad I tried it-my husband was REALLY happy! I made a few modifications-I didn't have bacon so I added chopped ham on top. In the oven it became really crispy. I also added 1/2 a container of onion dip and 1/2 sour cream. It really added to the flavor. This is a keeper!
This recipe caught my eye when looking for something to use homemade egg noodles with. The recipe for Egg Noodles by Linda was the perfect compliment to this one. Used half the sour cream twice the bacon and chives for presentation/flavor and this became the most unique outstanding side dish ever. Lots of work...but worth every second spent!!! To heck with fast and easy...this dish really rocks!!!
This is truly authentic just like my Hungarian grandma would make. I used bow-tie pasta instead of the egg noodles and used a whole bunch more of bacon because it seemed the amount for the recipe wasn't enough to evenly distribute the little bits.
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