TRADITIONAL FOOD IN ROMANIA

CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients Method 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, chopped 3 medium carrots, chopped 1 tbsp thyme leaves, roughly chopped 1.4l chicken stock 300g leftover roast chicken , shredded and skin removed 200g frozen pea 3 tbsp Greek yogurt 1 garlic clove, crushed squeeze lemon juice Method Heat oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add onions, carrots and thyme, then gently fry for 15 mins. Stir in stock, bring to a boil, cover, then simmer for 10 mins. Add the chicken, remove half the mixture, then purée with a stick blender. Tip back into the pan with the rest of the soup, peas and seasoning, then simmer for 5 mins until hot through. Mix the yogurt, garlic and lemon juice, swirl into the soup in bowls, then serve.

Sausages Ingredients: Preparation: The meat is put in a large bowl and seasoned with crushed garlic, pepper, paprika in the desired amount. The salt dissolves in 1 per 2 liters of warm water. Stir the meat with the ingredients until it is homogenized. Fill pigs bowels well with minced meat and then pinch with a needle to remove the air from them. The sausages are placed on a wooden bar to dry and then smoked. 10 kg of mixed meat (the proportion ~ 1/3 of beef and 2/3 of pork, if you want fatter sausages, can be done without added beef if you use a not so fatty pork) 300 grams of garlic 100 grams of ground black pepper 180 grams of grungy salt (salt adds from .180-250 grams to 10 pounds of meat, after how much salty you like) Paprika sweet of good quality, how much red you like to be the mixture

Caltabos Ingredients: Method of preparation: ● 1 thick pork goose ● ½ kg of meat mixture ● 1 cup of rice ● 1 small onion minced ● 10 raisins ● 1 bay leaf ● 1 lemon ● pepper ● thyme Method of preparation: To begin with, mix the meat and put it in the grinding machine. Then, add the onion, one teaspoon of salt, one pepper and one of thyme, raisins, raspberries and rice, which was washed thoroughly in advance . Clean the pork bowel thoroughly, wash it and fill it with the meat mixture. Tie the ends and boil in a 3-liter pot. Add 1 bay leaf, sliced lemon, a bunch of thyme and 2-3 raisins. Boil for an hour. Then take it off the fire and eat warm.

Mici Ingredients: Method : 800 grams of beef with fat 400 grams of fatter pork or mutton 250 ml. concentrated beef soup 3-4 cloves of garlic 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate 20-25 grams of salt 1 teaspoon of black pepper 1 tablespoon of thyme (dry or fresh) Optional: 1 teaspoon raspberry optional: 1 teaspoon paprika Grind the meat then add 3 tablespoons of cold soup and other ingredients other than sodium bicarbonate. Knead it vigorously for 25-30 minutes. The soft paste is well-framed when it has a pasty appearance, like a dough. When the paste begins to form, add the sodium bicarbonate and mix again. The soup will be added in 40-50 ml increments; as it is absorbed. Cover with food foil and refrigerate for at least 12 hours. Shape the content in equal pinky finger size pieces and fry them on the grill. Serve with mustard.

PLUM FILLED CHEESE DUMPLINGS Ingredients 400 g of fatty cheese 160 g semolina 15 g of powdered sugar and vanilla sugar 2 eggs lemon peel a pinch of salt Method Mix the cheese with the sugar and salt and add the eggs, the vanilla sugar, the lemon and grape peel. Make a homogenous mixture and let it rest for at least 20-30 minutes. Wet your hand and use a teaspoon to form egually sized balls. Let them rest on a tray, until the water is boiled. Meantime ,prepare the breadcrumbs. Add 1-2 teaspoons of salt to the boiling water. Once the balls rise to the surface, set the fire on low and place the lid halfway and let them boil 3 or 4 more minutes. With the help of a skimmer spoon, remove the dumplings and place them directly in the pan with the hot breadcrumbs. Fry them lightly in the pan so that the cheese dumplings roll through the breadcrumbs and dress with it.

CHOCOLATE Method The sugar, vanilla sugar and water are put in a pot to boil. Cool the syrup with butter to work with it and pour over the mixture of the powdered milk and cocoa.   Stir with a spoon, then take it up. Put the chocolate on a tray and let it cool. Ingredients 450 grams of sugar 150 ml of water 1 vanilla sugar bag 150 grams 500 grams of powdered milk 50 grams of black cocoa

PUMPKIN TART Ingredients Method 30 ml (1 T) cake wheat flour 5 ml (1 t) salt 2.5 ml (½ t) ground cinnamon 125 ml (½ C) sugar 750 ml (3 C) cooked pureed pumpkin 125 ml (½ C) cream 3 eggs, lightly beaten 125 ml (½ C) Rhodes Honey 65 ml (¼ C) butter, melted Method Mix well the cake flour, the salt, the sugar and the cinnamon in a large bowl. Add the pumpkin and stir it in the mixture. Lightly whisk together the cream, eggs and the honey. Add the cream mix to the pumpkin mix and whisk until the mixture is well blended and smooth. Pour the honey pumpkin mixture into a baking tray that has been lightly sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake the tart in an oven pre-heated to 160˚C for 40 minutes or until the tart is done and lightly golden. Serve hot.

BASKETS CUP CAKES → Preparation INDREGIENTS First, mix the flour with the cubed butter, add the sugar, vanilla, yolks, sour cream, sodium bicarbonate with the lemon juice and stir the mixture then leave in the fridge for an hour. Add the sugar and continue to mix until the sugar melts. Add the rum essence and finally, stir gently with a large spoon while adding the ground nuts. Grease the baking cup cake tray with oil . Spread the dough on a board, cut it in round shapes and place them in the the basket cup cake forms. In each basket add the filling you like (cherry in my case). Top it up with nuts. Put the tray in the preheated oven and bake the basket for 35 minutes at low heat. After cooling, sugar is dusted. They are very tender and very good. INDREGIENTS 550 g flour 250 g butter / margarine 4 yolks 4 tablespoons sour cream 5 tablespoons of sugar 1 vanilla sugar 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate 4 egg whites 7 tablespoons of sugar 1 tablespoon essence of rum 250 g ground nut

Maize with vegetable sauce Method: Wash the bell peppers and cut them in cubes. Allow to drain on a towel. In the meantime, prepare the other vegetables.  Chop the onions and the carrots in small pieces. Fry them well in an oiled saucepan then add the rest of the vegetables. Boil the mixture to a broth, add a little water and continue to boil for another 5 minutes. Add salt, pepper and the chopped parsley. Allow it to boil for 2,3 minutes, then add the tomatoes and stir continuously. For the maize, boil 800 ml of water with a bit of salt . When the water is boiling, put the corn flour and mix continuously. After the maize is ready, form dumplings and place them on a plate. Over the dumplings is placed the vegetable stew. INGREDIENTS 3 zucchini   1 carrot   1 onion medium   1 tablespoon broth   6 red tomatoes   2 bell peppers   salt,   pepper   4 tablespoons oil   1 bunch of parsley   500 g of beef   800 ml of water, salt

Polenta with cottage cheese and cream First you put corn flour in water and start to boil it until it gets a thick cream. Then you poor it in a plate an wait 2-3 minutes until it has a thin skin on the top so the rest of the ingredients won’t mix. After that you put on the top of the polenta the cottage cheese and then the cream. Now wait 15-20 minutes until the polenta gets colder so you can start eating it. Ingredients: -corn flour -cream -cottage cheese

Vegetable soup (ciorba) First you start to cut the vegetables in small cubes and put them in bowls. Start boiling the water and add all the vegetables and condiments except for the potatoes. Let them boil for 25-30 minutes. Put in the potatoes and let them boil 10 more minutes; it’s done. Ingredients: -vegetables -salt

Cheese Pasca Put the flour in a bowl, make a hole in the middle and add the eggs, ready leaven yeast, milk and a little sugar and knead adding all the ingredients. Let the dough grow next to a heat source. Separately, in another bowl, place: cottage cheese, cream, sugar, lemon and orange zest, a pinch of salt, flour, vanilla sugar and eggs. Mix all these ingredients and finally add the raisins. After rising, spread the dough and place it in a buttered pan. Pour the cheese over the sheet of dough and then brush it with two beaten eggs. Bake it in the oven at a suitable even temperature, from the beginning to the end. After baking, let it cool at room temperature for several hours. INGREDIENTS   200 g sugar 200 g butter 25 g yeast lemon and orange peel 1 kg sweet cheese 2 tablespoons sour cream 2 tablespoons flour 4 eggs

Chocolate cream Mix milk, sugar and oil with a vertical mixer on the bottom of a bowl for 1-2 minutes. As the mixture rises slowly, it gets thicker is placed into a pot. At the end add the lemon juice and the cocoa. INFREDIENTS Soy milk:100ml Oil:350ml Powdered sugar:1/2 glass Cocoa:4 spoons Leamon juice:3 spoons Vanila Salt