Rákóczi túrós

Rákóczi túrós is a Hungarian curd cheese cake. The base is a thin shortcrust pastry, followed by a layer of sweetened curd cheese that is topped with meringue. This tasty cake is named after János Rákóczi, a Hungarian master patissier who invented it for the 1958 Brussels World Expo.

The dessert became an instant hit, and nowadays it can be found in almost every pastry shop in Hungary.