Paprikás Krumpli — Paprika Potato Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lb potatoes, thick-sliced
• 8 oz Sausage, sliced into coins
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 Bell Pepper, sliced
• 2 tbsp sweet paprika
• 2 tbsp lard or oil
• 2½ cups water or stock
• 1 tomato, chopped
• Salt and caraway pinch

Method

1. Soften the onion in the fat until golden, 6 minutes. Pull the pot off the heat and stir in the paprika — thirty seconds off-flame, always.
2. Return to heat with the tomato, Bell Pepper, and Sausage; fry 3 minutes until the fat runs orange.
3. Add the potatoes and enough water to barely cover. Season with salt and caraway.
4. Simmer gently, mostly covered, 20–25 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the broth has thickened from their starch into a loose paprika gravy.
5. Rest 5 minutes and serve in bowls with bread. Peasant food by origin, comfort royalty by result — Hungary runs on this.