Hungarian-Style Pasta with Cottage Cheese and Bacon (Túrós Csusza)

 Ingredients

400 g wide egg noodles or ribbon pasta

200 g Hungarian-style cottage cheese (túró) or dry-curd cottage cheese

150 g smoked bacon, diced

150 g sour cream

1 small onion, finely chopped

Salt, to taste

Black pepper, to taste

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

Cook the pasta: Boil the noodles in salted water until tender. Drain, reserving a little pasta water.

Cook the bacon: Fry the diced bacon in a pan over medium heat until crisp. Remove some bacon for topping.

Prepare the onion: Add the chopped onion to the bacon fat and cook until soft and lightly golden.

Combine: Toss the cooked pasta with the butter, cottage cheese, sour cream, and onion-bacon mixture. Add a splash of pasta water if needed.

Season: Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Serve: Spoon onto plates and top with extra sour cream, crispy bacon, cottage cheese, and fresh parsley.

Traditional Hungarian dish: Túrós Csusza — a comforting combination of pasta, cottage cheese, sour cream,

and crispy bacon.