Goulash with Hitmans Dumplings

Goulash is Hungarian traditional dish. Perfect for cooking outdoor, by the river, outside in the nature, picnic. Great replacement for BBQ. I cook it usually outside. It requires long cooking and boiling for an hours but it is not difficult to prepare. Meanwhile grab some cold beer, pick some good friends and have fun!

Ingredients:

Beef Round 400g

Pork 200g

Bacon (few very thin slices)

Onion 5p (medium size)

Garlic 1p

Carrot 5p (medium size)

Tomato Juice 250ml

Tomato 1p

Chili Pepper 1pour

Paprika 1p

Paprika Powder

Cognac

Bay Leaf

Parsley

Baking soda 

Olive Oil

Preparing: 

Chop onion and garlic. Split carrot and cut slice it. Cut meat into small cubes and season it with salt and pepper. Chop bacon very thinly. Tomato, chili pepper and paprika shredded all together and mix it with tomato juice some salt and some pepper. Keep that mixture a side for now. 

Put deep pot onto medium heat. Olive oil in. After few seconds add onion, garlic, carrot and bacon. I add bacon only to give that beautiful flavor to goulash. Cook it for about half hour and stir every few minutes. After 30 minutes it should release all juices from veggies. Add splash of cognac and teaspoon of baking powder and stir. It will help your veggies to fall apart and create paste. Make hole in the middle, where the most of the heat is and put meat in. Stir it for few minutes until cook it evenly. Add three tablespoons of paprika powder and stir. Pour previously prepared mixture, add bay leaf and parsley. After it boils, pour two liters of water in and bring it to boil again. At this point there is no stir anymore. Just live it to cook for about two hours. Good goulash needs to be cooked long time.

Meanwhile Hitmans Dumplings:

You will need:

Egg

Bread Crumbs

Flour

Milk

Parsley (chopped)

Whisk an egg. Add 3 tablespoons of bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons of flour. Splash of milk. Sprinkle some parsley and season with salt and pepper. Make mixture similar to dough.

When your goulash is done cooking,make very small dumplings using two teaspoon technique and drop them in. Cook it for about 10 more minutes. The dumplings will soak some sauce and make goulash more densely.

Serving:

Serve it in a bawl or deep plate. Sprinkle some parsley on top. You would not need bread or something like that because of hitmans dumplings. Enjoy!