Mákos guba (poppy seed bread pudding or walnut bread pudding) is the traditional Christmas dessert in Hungary. For lunch on Christmas Eve Hungarians eat a fish soup of carp called halászlé and for dessert it is mákos guba or Beigli. It is also a very popular dessert any other time of the year and you can even order it in restaurants. In Hungary it is made with the bread kifli but any white fluffy bread works.
Here you can find this recipe in swedish.
Recipe: Mákos guba - Hungarian Christmas dessert
Ingredients
- 3 baguettes or similar amount of white bread, 30 cm each
- 700 ml milk
- 100 g ground poppy seeds
- 75 g sugar
Instructions
- Break the bread in pieces
- Heat up the milk
- Mix poppy seeds with sugar and stir it with the bread
- Toss everything together so that the bread get soaked and coated with sugar and poppy seeds
- The quick version is ready just like that, but you can also bake it in the oven for around 20 min. A common addition if you bake it in the oven is vanilla custard
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Several ingredients are missing and it isn’t ready when you toss it in the milk. That’s just the prep. Phase.
Szia, I am curious to learn what you think is missing in this recipe?
An Szabo, nothing is really missing. All recipes vary, depending on where you live in the country. My mom used to make it this way, no baking, and it is delicious. Of course some like it with grated lemon rinds mixed into the poppy seed, some like it baked, some like it with vanilla custard.
I toast the bread first and add raisins.
Depending on the bread you have on hand you have to make adjustments. If you know what kifli is it’s the original recipe calls for and you have to slice it or break it up to bite size pieces and pour boiled hot water over it through a strainer. Do not let the bread sit in it. Then pour hot or warm milk over it and mix it with the poppy seed sugar mixture. But if u have Hawaiian bread or brioches or challah bread you are in heaven. To me they are the best kind for this particular recipe bc you don’t have to dump boiled water over it to soften it up. Pour milk over will do the trick and of course mix the poppy seed with sugar in it. The best! Enjoy!
Thanks! We use baguette as bread. It works best if it is a bit old and stale 🙂
A 4.ponthoz: véletlenül se gyúrjuk össze!!!! Talán inkább óvatosan összekeverjük.
I use croissants, in addition to poppy seeds I add raisins, vanilla pudding and bake it.
My father poured boiling water over the stale bread in the strainer and let it drain.Then he put it in a bowl put poppyseeds over it and honey. Every Christmas.
My mother would fry the soaked kifli or baguette in butter after coating with ground poppyseeds, sugar, raisins and a little lemon zest. It really makes the dish.