Dinner
Sarmale
Pickled cabbage leaves rolled around pork, rice and dill, layered in a pot with smoked meat and cooked slowly for…
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Cabbage rolls, polenta and grilled minced meat. 16 Romanian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 16 recipes cover 6 of the site’s categories, among them 8 dinners, 2 appetisers and small plates, 2 bakes, 2 lunches, 1 dessert and 1 holiday dish. None of them is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 9 easy, 6 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 10 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 7 gluten-free and 4 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Romanian recipes — all 16 recipes
Dinner
Mici
Skinless grilled sausages of beef and lamb, worked with garlic, bicarbonate of soda and stock until springy, and…
Holiday Specials
Cozonac
The Romanian Easter and Christmas bread: a rich yeasted dough rolled round a thick swirl of ground walnut and cocoa…
Side dish
Mămăligă
Coarse polenta cooked in salted water until it pulls away from the pan, layered with soft cheese and soured cream…
Dinner
Romanian Bean Soup
A sour Romanian soup of white beans, carrot, celery and peppers, finished with tomato paste, paprika and lemon juice.
Dinner
Fasole Batuta
Romanian mashed white beans whipped with garlic, oil and a little vinegar, topped with fried onions.
Desserts
Papanasi
Romanian doughnuts of cottage cheese, semolina and egg, cooked until golden and served with soured cream and sour…
Dinner
Ciorba de Burta
A Romanian sour soup of tripe simmered for 2 hours 30 minutes and finished with sour cream, egg yolk, garlic and…
Dinner
Ciorba de Perisoare
A sour Romanian soup of vegetables and rice and pork and rice meatballs, soured with borș or lemon and finished with…
Appetizers
Zacusca
A Romanian vegetable spread of roasted aubergines, peppers and tomatoes cooked down slowly with onion and oil for 90…
Appetizers
Salata de Vinete
Aubergines roasted over a flame or in the oven until smoky, then chopped by hand with oil and onion into a Romanian…
Baking
Placinta
A Romanian folded pie of thin pastry filled with grated apple, sugar and cinnamon, baked for 40 minutes until golden.
Lunch
Ciorba de Legume
A sour Romanian vegetable soup of carrots, celery, potatoes and green beans with fresh herbs and lemon, in 55 minutes.
Lunch
Ciorba Radauteana
A chicken soup from Rădăuți with vegetables, thickened with egg yolk and soured cream and finished with garlic and…
Dinner
Fasole cu Carnati
Romanian white beans slowly baked with smoked sausage, onions, tomato and paprika until thick, in 1 hour 15 minutes.
Baking
Placinta cu Branza
A Romanian cheese pie of thin pastry filled with salty cheese, egg and dill and baked until crisp, in 1 hour 15…