Lecsó

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 750 g bell pepper(s), red, green and yellow
• 100 g bacon, streaky
• 2 large onions
• 1 garlic clove(s)
• 500 g tomatoes
• 1 tbsp lard
• 1 tbsp paprika powder, sweet
• 4 sausages (Debrecziner)
• Salt and pepper, black

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Hungarian paprika stew

Clean, wash, and slice the bell peppers. Dice the bacon, and peel and finely chop the onions and garlic cloves. Blanch the tomatoes, peel them, and quarter them. Heat the lard in a large pot, fry the bacon, onions, and garlic cloves for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle the paprika over the tomatoes. Add the bell peppers to the pot and fry for 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes. Thinly slice the sausages and stir them into the bell pepper pot. Let everything simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and paprika. Colorful bell pepper stew is a rural Hungarian dish. Shepherds cook it in large cauldrons over an open fire in the fields.