Cigánytúró with bodag ("Gypsy" cheese with traditional Romani bread)
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Roma
Prep Time 45 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 4
Author International Cuisine
Ingredients
For the dip
1.5kgfarmer's curd cheese
1small container sour cream
3hard-boiled eggsmashed
2onionsfinely chopped
sweet paprika
3-4peppers diced
3 tomatoeschopped
salt and pepper
For the Bread
1kgflour
1tablespoonyeast
salt
water
Instructions
For the dip:
with a fork, thoroughly mix the cheese, sour cream and eggs. Saute the onions in a little sunflower oil. Once the onions are cooked, add the paprika and stir (being careful not to let the paprika burn). Add the peppers and the tomatoes and cook over low heat until it thickens into a stew. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cool the stewed vegetables, and then stir them into the curd cheese mixture. Refrigerate and serve cold with gypsy bread called bodag.
For the bread:
Combine the ingredients and knead. Let the dough rest for a short time Form the dough into little flat round tart shapes and cook in a pan on the stove. while they are baking, regularly shake the pan so they do not stick or burn.