Arany Galushka (or Aranygaluska) is a traditional
Hungarian dessert consisting of balls of yeast dough (''galuska''). The balls are rolled in melted butter, and then rolled in a mixture of sugar and crushed nuts (traditionally, walnuts), assembled into layers, before being baked till golden. ''Arany'' means gold or golden; ''galuska'' refers to the dumpling nature of the balls of dough. Aranygaluska may be served with vanilla
custard
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popularized this dish in the
United States
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Related desserts
Somloi Galuska bears similarity to an English
trifle
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. Its galuska (dumplings) are made of sponge cake, which are layered with vanilla custard, chocolate sauce, raisins, and rum. It may be garnished with whipped cream.
See also
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Buchteln
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Hungarian cuisine
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Monkey bread
References
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External links
*http://www.food.com/recipe/hungarian-golden-dumpling-coffee-cake-aranygaluska-162045
*https://web.archive.org/web/20101122072422/http://desszert.eu/aranygaluska
* http://receptvideok.hu/recipe/aranygaluska/
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