Lecho for winter: how to make the sauce rich and spicy, told Yevhen Klopotenko

Iryna MelnichenkoLS Food
Lecho Recipe
Lecho recipe

Lecho is a traditional dish of Hungarian cuisine. The classic recipe for lecho necessarily included: sweet peppers, tomatoes and onions. It is worth noting that pepper lecho is prepared with the addition of carrots and hot peppers, and sometimes even without onions. Cooks advise for the flavor of lecho, bake the vegetables in the oven.

What to make with tomatoes

Cook Yevhen Klopotenko shared on his YouTube channel a recipe for a delicious lecho with bell peppers and fennel, which will be an ideal, spicy sauce for many dishes, especially meat (to watch the video, scroll to the end of the page).

Ripe tomatoes

Cook's tip: theflavor of lecho depends largely on tomatoes, so use only ripe and unspoiled fruits for it.

Home ripe tomatoes

Ingredients:

  • sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
Vegetables for Sauce
  • tomatoes - 6-8 pcs.
Ripe tomatoes
  • garlic - 2 cloves.
Ukraine flooded with adulterated olive oil
  • fennel seeds - 2 pinches
Ukraine flooded with adulterated olive oil
  • sugar - 2 tbsp.
  • vinegar - 2 tbsp.
Vinegar for lecho
  • sunflower oil - 3 tbsp.
Ukraine flooded with adulterated olive oil
  • salt - to taste

Method of preparation:

1. Wash, peel and cut the peppers into thin strips.

Bell peppers

2. Wash the tomatoes and grate them coarsely.

Tomato lecho recipe

3- Peel two cloves of garlic and crush with a knife.

Peeled raw garlic

4. Transfer the chopped peppers, garlic, salt and sugar to a saucepan.

Which peppers are the stingiest

5. Pour in the fennel seeds, vegetable oil and grated tomatoes, and braise the vegetables for about 30 minutes, until the peppers are soft.

Fennel seeds and spices

6. Once done, remove the saucepan from the heat and add two tablespoons of vinegar to the lecho.

Ukraine flooded with adulterated olive oil

7. Pour the ready sauce into sterile jars, close with lids and let the sauce cool down completely.

Ready-made lecho sauce

Other News

The perfect shoes for autumn weather have been named: it is not afraid of rain and cold

The perfect shoes for autumn weather have been named: it is not afraid of rain and cold

A special trend noticed among the images of fashionistas
Forgotten dishes of the USSR: where did eggnog come from

Forgotten dishes of the USSR: where did eggnog come from

The history of the origin of the legendary dessert