Hungarian cuisine in short paprika is the heart of hungarian cuisine and the traditions go all the way back to the first hungarians and some of the dishes have been cooked the same way for hundreds of years traditional hungarian food is mostly based on meat seasonal vegetables dairy products and cheese as mentioned already sausages are something that hungary is famous for bread is also a staple food often served to each meal. Middle class hungarians established austrian dishes in their everyday meals like schnitzel sausages potatoes and vegetable stews thickened with flour and lard todays fozelek hungarian cuisine today at the turn of the last century excellent hungarian chefs laid the foundations of todays hungarian cuisine. Characteristics of hungarian cuisine authentic hungarian dishes are definitely not for people on diet you may find our dishes a bit too heavy and fatty however their rich flavour aroma and texture compensate you for the slightly excessive calorie intake but dont think that everything is soaking in pork fat and paprika