🇭🇺 Hungarian Cuisine

Túrós Csusza

Cottage Cheese Noodles

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 426 kcal

Wide egg noodles tossed with crumbled fresh cottage cheese and crowned with a generous drizzle of sour cream — simple Hungarian comfort in every bite.

Ingredients

400g wide egg noodles or csusza pasta
300g fresh túró (cottage cheese or quark)
200ml sour cream
2 tbsp butter
Salt

Instructions

1 Cook noodles in well-salted boiling water until al dente. Drain, reserving a splash of pasta water.
2 Melt butter in a skillet over low heat.
3 Toss hot noodles with crumbled cottage cheese and melted butter, adding pasta water as needed to combine.
4 Season with salt. Serve in a warm dish topped generously with sour cream.

Did You Know?

In Hungary, the debate over whether túrós csusza should be sweet or savory is as passionate as any political argument — some families add sugar, others insist on only salt.