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Prep Time
10 min.
Cooking Time
50 min.
Serves
10
Cuisine
Hungarian
Difficulty
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About This Recipe
Lecho is a traditional recipe of Hungarian cuisine that has many variations, with each cook preparing it in their own way. However, the essential components of any recipe are bell peppers and tomatoes. Most often, onions are added to them, as well as other vegetables to taste. For our recipe, you will additionally need carrots and tomato juice, as well as spices that will make the taste of lecho more rich and multifaceted. Sugar is used to balance the acidity of the vinegar. Such lecho, sealed in sterilized jars, will keep for a long time even without refrigeration.
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Ingredients List
Total ingredients: 13
Serves:
Sweet pepper - 2.5 kg
Tomatoes - 700 g
Tomato juice - 750 g
Carrot - 2 pcs.
Bulb onions - 1 pcs.
Sweet paprika - 1 tsp
Hot pepper - ½ g
Bay leaf - 1 pcs.
Table vinegar 9% - 25 ml
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Pepper black peas - ½ tsp
Greenery - to taste
Nutrition Facts
Serves:
🥓
Fat
11г
🍚
Carbohydrates
252г
🥩
Protein
45г
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Kcal
Daily Values
Preparation Steps
Step 1
Pour tomato juice into a large saucepan or saute pan.
Step 2
Add the vinegar, salt, sugar, bay leaf, hot and sweet paprika and peppercorns to the juice. Place the saucepan over medium heat.
Step 3
Slice tomatoes into large wedges and add to the pot.
Step 4
Slice the onions into rings and put them in the pot as well.
Step 5
Peel the carrots, cut in half lengthwise and slice into thin half rings.
Step 6
Put the carrots in the lecho.
Step 7
Remove the stem from the pepper along with the seeds (you need to be careful here, so if you can't get rid of the seeds right away, rinse the pepper with cold water). Cut the peppers in half, flatten them on a board and cut into 5-7mm wide strips. Transfer the peppers to the rest of the vegetables.
Step 8
When the juice comes to a boil, cook the lecho, stirring, over medium heat for about 15 minutes. The vegetables should become soft, but not fermented.
Step 9
5 minutes before the end of cooking time, add herbs, mix well.
Step 10
Place the vegetables hot in sterilized jars, pour the tomato juice from the pot and seal. Turn the jars upside down and let the lecho cool. Return to normal position and store. Canned lecho can be stored for 1 year.
Enjoy your meal!
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