Aranygaluska, the dessert with leavened dough balls, ground walnuts and jam, is a traditional recipe from Sighetu Marmației, passed down from generation to generation by the Hungarian community of the town.
🥣 Ingredients
- ½ kg flour
- 30 g yeast
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 vanilla
- jam
- ground walnuts
- powdered sugar
👩🍳 How to prepare
Mix the flour with yeast, eggs, oil, sugar, salt and vanilla, and leave the dough to rise until it doubles in volume. Roll it out on the work surface to about 0.5 cm and cut it into 3-4 cm pieces.
Place jam on each piece, fold the dough into a rectangle and roll it through oil and through ground walnuts mixed with powdered sugar. Place the pieces in a tray, in two rows, one over the other, staggered, and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes.
📖 The story of the recipe
The recipe was provided by Renata Kosinszki, 40 years old, from Sighetu Marmației, and is part of the collection of traditional multiethnic recipes „Maramureș – GastroEtnoArt”, published by the Maramureș Museum in Sighetu Marmației.
📺 Video recipe
You can watch the step-by-step preparation here: Aranygaluska – video
🔍 What’s next
If you like traditional desserts, also try Tarkedli, the leavened dough fritters with apricot jam, also from Sighetu Marmației.
Recipe source: Maramureș Museum Sighetu Marmației – Maramureș GastroEtnoArt
Photo source: Gatesc.ro
