Things to be sure you always have in the pantry and fridge:
– olive oil
– sunflower oil
– unsalted butter
– the only flour I talk about is plain flour
– light sour cream (in Australia Coles is the best and light because it is 12% fat as in the full cream in Hungary!!)
– cracked black pepper
– pink salt
– good Hungarian paprika
– caraway seeds
– basil
– oregano
– chilli flakes
– thyme
– ground cumin
– saffron
– bay leaves
– cracked pepper
– marjoram
– turmeric
– sage
– whole nutmeg and small grater
– Chinese 5 spice
– cardamom pods
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