Basic Hungarian Egg Noodle Dough Recipe

This basic recipe for hungarian egg noodle dough or tojasos teszta (toy-yah-sohss tayss-taw) or metelt (meh-tel-it) is commonly cut into fine, medium and wide noodles, small and large squares, and shells or snails known as csiga made on a special grooved board. See all about hungarian noodles for a distinction among the hundreds of varieties. Usually, only three ingredients are requiredflour, eggs and salt. Water is not used because it takes longer for noodles made with it to dry and they're more likely to mold when stored. Here is a larger image of hungarian noodles.