Budapest Roll Food

HUNGARIAN BEIGLI

Steps:

• Combine the 5 tablespoons sugar, butter, egg yolks, and sour cream in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the dough blade and process well. Add the flour and yeast and process until the dough comes together. If the dough feels too wet, add a little more flour; if it's too dry, add milk a tablespoon at a time. The dough should be moist and easy to work with.
• Shape the dough into a ball, cover with a damp towel, and set aside. To make the filling, heat the milk and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture has a syrupy consistency. Add the chopped walnuts and stir to combine. Remove the saucepan from the heat; stir in the lemon zest and raisins, and let filling cool.
• Divide the dough into three pieces. Roll one piece of dough out on a lightly floured surface to form a long rectangle about a 1/4-inch thick; keep the remaining dough covered. Spread 1/3 of the walnut filling on the dough, leaving about an inch of dough at each edge. Roll the dough up to form a log, and press to seal. Place the dough, seam-side down, on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
• Beat the egg with the tablespoon of water to make an egg wash. Brush the loaves with egg wash and let rest for 1 hour in a warm place. After the dough has risen, brush it again with egg wash and put the baking tray in the refrigerator for 30 minutes (this will give the dough a shiny finish).
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake the loaves until they're a deep golden brown, about 35 to 45 minutes.

BUDAPEST ROLL

Steps:

• Let egg whites stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Meanwhile, combine nuts and pudding mix. Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with parchment., Preheat oven to 350°. Beat egg whites on medium speed until foamy. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high after each addition until sugar is dissolved. Continue beating until stiff glossy peaks form. Fold in nut mixture., Pipe meringue in long strips or spread over prepared pan until entire pan is covered. Bake until set and dry, about 20 minutes. Cool completely. Cover meringue with parchment; place another baking pan on top. Flip the pans. Remove top pan; carefully peel parchment from meringue., Beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form. Spread cream over meringue and top with oranges; roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side and peeling parchment away while rolling., Microwave chocolate on high until melted, stirring occasionally. Drizzle melted chocolate over meringue roll.

CABBAGE ROLLS - REAL HUNGARIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Core cabbage, heat in salt water till leaves separate.
• Remove each leaf and drain in colander.
• FILLING--(2nd ingredient group):.
• To scald rice: Heat a generous amount of water in a heavy pan that will hold the heat.
• Make sure that the water will be more than enough to cover the rice.
• Make sure the water is at a rolling boil, if rice is not scalded enough it will be crunchy!
• Let stand for at least 5 minutes.
• Rinse with cold water, draining with sieve, then mix into rest of filling ingredients.
• Now fill the cabbage leaves with filling mixture; folding leaves.
• While rolling pigs, start cooking the stewing sauce in another pot.
• STEWING SAUCE--(3rd ingredient group):.
• Mix group together, bring to a boil, then simmer 5 to 10 minutes.
• TO ASSEMBLE:.
• Line the roaster with: sauce, layer of pigs, more sauce, sprinkle with bacon crumbs, layer of pigs, layer of sauce, sprinkle with bacon crumbs etc.
• Set oven at 350°F.
• Cover roaster, and once all comes to a kind of a boil, reduce temperature to about 300°F so it doesn't boil over.
• Cook about 2 more hours.
• The smoked sausage is optional.
• If using, mix it in among the other ingredients.
• NOTE: 3/8 cup dehydrated onions may be used instead of 2 small onions in recipe.

HUNGARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Get out your big turkey roasting pan or other large roasting pan with lid.
• Cook both cabbages in boiling water, gently peeling off large outer leaves as they become pliable. Continue peeling off leaves until you have at least 25. Remove cabbage from pots and cool. Core when cool, and save the rest.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork (NOTE: the reason for using a ground shoulder roast is because you want more fat than in normally found in ground pork, but if already ground pork is your only option, go ahead and use it, but mix in about 1/2 cup Crisco or other solid shortening with pork).
• So, combine pork, garlic, uncooked rice, and paprika. Add enough hot water to make mixture workable, but not mushy.
• Now for your cabbage leaves, lay spine side up on cutting board, and with very sharp knife, trim the spine to make it thinner. Start at the top, in the leaf, and trim very gently until you get to the bottom where you can trim more deeply, to get a uniform thickness. Be careful not to puncture leaf or trim too deeply. This step makes the leaves so much easier to roll. Flip leaves over so that the "cup" side is up.
• Once your leaves are ready to roll, place a good 1/2 cup of pork mixture in your hand and shape into an oblong roll, about 1-1/2 inch thick and 3-4 inches long. Place this in center of cabbage leaf and make the roll, folding bottom up, then sides in, then roll to top. (kinda like a burrito) Continue till all filling and leaves are used.
• Coarsely chop your remaining cabbage.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In bottom of roasting pan, place chopped cabbage and sauerkraut and mix together well. Lay your ham hocks all around, evenly distributed, and kinda poke them down into kraut and cabbage mixture.
• Now you place your cabbage rolls on top of all. Stagger placement so that the rolls aren't directly on top of one another.
• Pour hot water over the whole thing, just to barely cover.
• Put cover on roaster and bake at 350 for 2-1/2 to 3 hours until your rolls are quite firm.
• To Serve, place some kraut cabbage mixture on plate, top with cabbage rolls, usually about 3 per serving, and top with sour cream to taste.
• NOTE: You may want to have a 3rd head of cabbage on hand, just in case you can't get enough leaves off of two to use all your filling.