Market Stall · Savory Scone
Pogácsa
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Bakers score a lattice pattern into the top of each one before baking — a small crosshatch cut that's less decoration and more a signature of a properly made pogácsa.
A small, dense, savory scone-like bread, often layered with lard and topped with cheese or cracklings, sold warm in paper bags from bakery stalls in Budapest's Great Market Hall and street kiosks citywide.
Why it's made this way: It's an old farmhouse bread built on lard and flour, staples that kept well and baked easily in quantity, which is exactly why it became the everyday grab-and-go snack of Hungarian markets.
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