Turos Teszta (cream cheese pasta) - Hungarian recipe

Turos Teszta - pasta with cream cheese

I love the simplicity of this dish that speaks of winter comfort.  My mum taught me this recipe in my teens when my sister and I had to take turns to cook each weekend.- it is usually made with fettuccini, bacon, sour cream and cream cheese.

I made this dish last night and have, over the. years, adapted it to bring in a range of extras. i dont use a measure and go by quantities i want for the number of people, adjusting the additions accordingly with regard to balance and taste.  

This recipe is well-suited to being a vegetarian dish by leaving out the bacon and sausage and adding other vegetables.  Questions? ask away.

INGREDIENTS

• Fettuccini - i used Guzzi egg fettuccini (half a pack)
• smoked bacon - chopped into squares
• chorizo - chopped into half circles
• red onion - thinly sliced 
• carrot - chopped into squares or half circles
• mushroom - chopped into small squares
• broccoli tops - finely chopped
• cream cheese - i used 200gms * cottage cheese can be used
• sour cream - i used 200gm

METHOD

• put on a pot of water to boil
• prepare red onion, carrot and mushroom by chopping them into squares or thin circles/half circles and place into hot oil in a fry pan.
• move on to chop the bacon into squares and chorizo into circles and add to the frypan
• add fettuccini and salt to boiling water in pot, cook until al dente and drain
• place cream cheese in microwave until softened
• stir sour cream into the softened cream cheese
• fold the cooked fettuccini into the cream cheese mix then stir in vegetables until well mixed
• stir in most of the finely chopped broccoli
• serve in a bowl with a sprinkling of finely chopped broccoli on top

Jó étvágyat!  

(i wish you good appetite)