3 easy-to-make wine bites

The refreshing acidity of the wine pairs well with the greasiness of the recommended three wine bites. They are easy to make, but also heavy enough to make us pick a red wine instead of a white.

– Cottage cheese spread
The Hungarian name is ‘körözött’ meaning ‘circled’, referring to the movement of our hand when mixing cottage cheese with spices. Hungarian cottage cheese is greasy, yet quite dry, therefore we mix it with a bit of sour cream to make it easier to spread. In other countries cottage cheese has more liquid, in that case no sour cream is needed.
You can create your own ‘körözött’ to your liking, the most typical spices include paprika and ground garlic. I used only salt, ground caraway (because I love it) and freshly cut chives.

– Crackling spread
We call crackling ‘tepertő’ or ‘töpörtyű’, and it can made of pork, goose or duck. The cracklings are usually salty, so be carefully when making the spread. You simply have to grind or make it smooth with a hand mixer, if it is too dry, add some olive oil or butter. Then spice it as you wish, you can add mustard, pepper, onion, garlic, some people add boiled eggs, sour cream. I only added some drops of olive oil, some purple onion and garlic.

– Creamy cheese and onion jam with red wine
For the onion jam simply cut some onion into small cubes, fry them, then add some red wine and cook it slowly for as long as you can. I like cooking for at least two hours, always adding some more red wine when needed. Add a pinch of salt and some honey at the end. Put some creamy cheese on a toast and spread some of the jam on top. So delicious!

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