Túrós Csusza (Hungarian Curd Cheese Pasta)

Name: Túrós Csusza (Hungarian Curd Cheese Pasta)
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 300g tagliatelle; 200g smoked bacon lardons; 250g cottage cheese; 150ml soured cream; 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper

Wide pasta ribbons with crispy bacon, cottage cheese and soured cream, a Hungarian comfort classic.

Time25 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.11 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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300 gtagliatelle
200 gsmoked bacon lardons
250 gcottage cheese
150 mlsoured cream
1 tbspfresh dillchopped
½ tspsalt
1 tspblack pepper

Method

1
Cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain, keeping a cup of the cooking water.
10 min
2
Fry the bacon in a dry pan for 6 minutes until crisp.
6 min
3
Stir the cottage cheese and soured cream together with the salt and pepper.
4
Add the pasta to the bacon and its fat and toss. Stir in the cottage cheese mixture off the heat, adding a splash of pasta water to loosen it.
5
Scatter with dill and serve straight away, with extra black pepper.

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