Here’s a delicious and easy Hungarian treat: Túrófánk 🇭🇺 – Hungarian Cottage Cheese Donuts! These fluffy, lightly sweet fried donuts are made with túró (Hungarian-style cottage cheese), though ricotta or farmer’s cheese works well too. They’re crisp outside and soft inside — perfect with powdered sugar and jam!
🇭🇺 Túrófánk – Hungarian Cottage Cheese Donuts
📋 Ingredients:
- 250g (9 oz) túró or well-drained cottage cheese (or ricotta)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp sour cream (tejföl)
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or lemon zest
- 100g (3/4 cup) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- Oil for deep frying (sunflower or neutral oil)
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
- Jam (apricot or raspberry) for serving (optional)