Leczo

It’s a recipe I got from a friend who had good Hungarian contacts. It’s polonized as only in Polish version sasusage and other meats are mandatory, and courgette is sometimes added. The recipe scales easily up and down if you count the ingredients in 3:3:1:2 ratio (four first points).

Leczo

Ingredients:

  • about 1.5 kg bell peppers
  • about 1.5 kg tomatoes
  • about 0.5 kg onions
  • about 1 kg sasusage or equal parts of pork belly and sasuage, up to 1kg combined
  • 2 tablespoons of sweet paprika
  • 2 tablespoons of hot paprika
  • salt
  • 1-2 teaspoons of sugar

Optional:

  • smoked salt
  • smoked paprika
  • othe cuts of meat

Method:

  • fry sasuage and/or pork belly until browned, the maillard reaction that’s responsible for browning will give it nice deep taste
  • add onion and continrue frying until soft
  • skin and chop tomatoes, alternativel you can chop them roughly and use a blender
  • Pour into the pan with other ingredients, and add all the spices
  • Add bell peppers and boil all together until the bell peppers soften but retain texture and taste.
  • Typically served with bread

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