{"id":35483,"date":"2023-03-30T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matusz-vad.hu\/?p=35483"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T11:49:34","slug":"pacal-fozni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matusz-vad.hu\/en\/pacal-fozni\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know? Pacal is a wonderful food"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In our country, there is no shortage of pacal, but it is certainly one of the most shareable foods. There are only two options, either you are disgusted by it or you love it. There is no middle ground. Hungarian cuisine makes many dishes from offal, which is basically healthy. Pacal is still a curiosity in restaurants today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a pacal?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n

A pacal<\/a> food made from the forequarters of cattle used for ruminating raw material<\/a>. In Hungary, the raw, cleaned bale, cut into strips, is the primary material used. Beef stomachs are cleaned and sliced into strips about 1 cm wide before use. Its collagen and smooth muscle content give it the characteristic flavour of the dishes prepared from it. In the old days, dishes made from tripe were eaten by poorer people in our country and abroad. Today, it has become a gourmet delicacy.<\/p>\n

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What do we make of it at home?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n

In Hungary, it is mostly - together with other types of meat - they make a stew of it<\/a>. The typical, traditional recipe is not complicated. It starts with a stew base with onions, then the already precooked pacal is added. The dish is generously seasoned, paprika<\/a> and we like to eat it spicy. It is usually served with potatoes as a side dish, but is usually eaten with fresh bread. Several varieties are known, such as the round, knuckle, marrow, ear, wolf pacal. The other common use is in pacalle soup.<\/p>\n

Pacal is not a typical dish for family dinners, but rather just for a special occasion<\/a> we prepare. It's most common in families where it's a tradition, but it's not often on the menu. One of the main reasons is that it is a lot of work. It is lengthy to prepare and takes a long time to cook. Therefore mostly eaten in restaurants<\/a>, but wherever it's made, you can easily reduce cooking time by using pre-cooked strips, which are MATUSZ - VAD offer<\/a> you can also find.<\/p>\n

It is one of the dishes that has earned itself a place in the restaurant repertoire because of its national character.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Interesting facts about the pacal<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n