All about Lecho: origin and recipes

Today, the popularity Lecho is so great that it is made in all corners of our country. Here are just some housewife understand by the word "Lecho" preparation for the winter, and the other is a completely different dish.

In this article we will tell you all about Lecho and traditional recipes.

The fate of the very popular dishes is their original recipe sometimes changed beyond recognition - Lecho one of the most striking examples. It is originally a Hungarian dish in our country has turned into a winter blank, and with a much richer structure than in the original recipe.

With Hungarian language called "lecso" is translated as Ratatouille, and, in fact, this is the Hungarian variation of the popular French vegetable dishes - ratatuj, which were made from the most common in Hungary vegetables. In the original version uses three types of vegetables: sweet peppers, onions and tomatoes, and served this Hungarian Lecho as the most ordinary side dish to meat and other products.

Lecho today popular in all European countries, but everywhere it is "caught" differently. So, in Germany its original recipe and presentation has not changed: there eat it as a side dish, but in our Russian Lecho - cold appetizer-stocking up for the winter, the original recipe just don't know. We have traditional Lecho products Housewives like to add carrots, zucchini, grilled onions and pepper, and tomatoes are often added at the end to Lecho was thick. Changed the way of cooking in Hungary, where today it is often decorated with sausage products - homemade sausage or smoked meat, and after cooking pour beaten eggs.

In General, today Lecho may be liquid or dense, spicy or sweet, pure vegetable or meat products, and so on, But no matter how many recipes Lecho no matter, the main thing is that this dish is always delicious: in the original, and even in an extremely distorted version. We will tell you about a few recipes Lecho for every taste.

How to cook Lecho

First of all here is, of course, a classic recipe Hungarian vegetable Lecho, which is served as a side dish.

Recipe classic Hungarian Lecho

You will need: 1 kg sweet peppers and tomatoes, 200 g onion, 1 pinch salt, pepper to taste.

How to cook a classic Lecho. To prepare the tomatoes by cutting the stem, by rinsing it with boiling water and removing the skin. Remove everything unnecessary from the peppers. Chop the onion half rings. Pepper cut into pieces by 3-5 cm wide, tomatoes arbitrarily small. Combine all prepared foods, put in an enamel pot, pour 4 tablespoons of water, add salt and pepper, cover and 20 minutes to extinguish.

This Lecho is also possible to prepare for the winter: just pour it after cooking in jars, cover with lids and sterilize by placing jars in boiling water for half an hour, then roll.

Not do, talking about Lecho, and without modern recipe that are Lecho in Hungary today.

The recipe for modern Hungarian Lecho with sausages

You will need: 5 sweet peppers, 4 spicy sausages, 3-4 tomatoes, 2 onions, 2 tbsp. oil, 1 tbsp. paprika, black pepper, sugar, salt.

How to cook Lecho with sausage. Chop the pepper short strips of 0.5 cm wide, semirings chop the onion. To heat the oil in a saucepan, over moderate heat, fry the onion until translucent, put pepper, simmer all for 10-15 minutes, meanwhile, dice the tomatoes, then add them to the skillet, add pepper, salt, seasoning Lecho paprika, add a pinch or two of sugar, stir, simmer for 10-15 minutes, then add the chopped arbitrarily sausages, another 10 minutes to put out and submit Lecho to the table.

Many experienced Housewives have their own branded recipe Lecho, in which the original recipe can be changed almost beyond recognition. As an example, we give such a wonderful recipe Lecho with celery and carrots.

Recipe vegetable Lecho "Assorted"

You will need: 3 celery, 2 carrots, 1 onion, sweet peppers, tomatoes, pepper, parsley, vegetable oil, paprika, salt.

How to cook Lecho-cuts. Coarsely chop the peppers, tomatoes and onions, celery and carrots to RUB on a grater. Heat two pans with vegetable oil, one put the onion, the second bell pepper, saut the vegetables in two pans, then the second add carrots, celery, then bow out of the first pan, chopped tomatoes, chopped herbs, add all the spices and put out.

It Lecho you can preserve for the winter, putting it into sterilized jars and her sterile lids.

The thrill can offer this recipe Lecho.

Recipe acute Lecho

You will need: 3 tomatoes, 1 sweet pepper, onion, chili peppers and garlic, 3-4 tbsp of olive oil, fresh Basil and parsley.

How to cook spicy Lecho. All the vegetables to prepare, small chop in a food processor grind, adding the garlic and hot pepper. Finely chop the parsley, add to the mass together with the olive oil and stir. Keep Lecho in the refrigerator.

This recipe is different because the products are not processed thermally, i.e. such Lecho is also very useful. To use this Lecho preferably in the form of snacks.

In our country Lecho mostly cooked with carrots and zucchini, the carcass is chopped vegetables in butter and adding the vinegar before conservation. In this recipe we will bring in a more advanced version, you can simply remove any ingredient or add to the list of ingredients is something else.

Recipe Lecho in Russian with apples and zucchini

You will need: 2 kg of tomatoes and zucchini, 1 kg apples, 500 g sweet peppers, 3 onions and garlic cloves, 1-2 large carrots, 0.5 cups of vinegar 9%, 2 tbsp. salt, 1 tbsp. sugar, herbs.

How to cook Lecho in Russian with apples and zucchini. Remove tomato skin, scalded them, finely chop the pulp with the seeds, put in a saucepan with a thick bottom and walls, boil until boiling. RUB on a large grater carrots, cut in a meat grinder onion and garlic, along with carrots, add tomatoes, cook for 5 minutes Zucchini peel, cut into cubes, place in a saucepan. Remove the seeds from the apples and peppers, chop them small arbitrarily, put in a pan, salt, add sugar, stir and simmer for 20 minutes, then pour in the vinegar, put the chopped greens and cook everything for another 5 minutes

This Lecho best to preserve for the winter - even hot it needs to be put in sterilized banks and sterile cork lids. Banks should be left at room temperature to cool.

In this article, we talked about these options Lecho, which can be served as a side dish, and to preserve for the winter. Of those options, when the main ingredient: peppers, completely replace the eggplant, zucchini or other vegetables, as well as appropriate exclusively for conservation of versions of this dish we will talk separately. Good cooking!