I remember the delight of tasting the season’s first strawberries. Growing up, the Romanian strawberries in sugar syrup recipe was a regular in our household. Every Saturday, my mom would go to the market to buy fresh fruits and vegetables for the upcoming week. Upon her return, as she’d place the bags on the kitchen […]
In Romania, our desserts are cherished. When a more complex cake isn’t feasible due to a lack of time, we opt for a “chec”. Essentially, it’s a loaf cake, simple to whip up with various filling options. The classic version is vanilla-based. Yet, it can be enriched with cocoa, walnuts, chocolate, or hazelnuts. There’s also […]
This Romanian Radauti soup recipe is a lighter chicken “soup “ciorba” that packs quite a punch in terms of flavour. It is one of those soups that is dressed with sour cream, which are some of my favourites. The taste is tangy but addictive, garlicky, with a slight sweetness. Radauti soup comes from the town […]
The Romanian biscuit salami recipe was one of the first desserts I have ever learned how to make. I still remember that school workshop, where each of us brought one ingredient and together we created this delicious dessert. We had to wait a couple of hours to enjoy it as it needed to set, and […]
Growing up in Transylvania, I often had the Romanian cabbage and smoked meat soup, especially during the cold months of January and February, when the temperatures would drop to -20. This soup is a great way to keep yourself warm, but also indulge in some wonderful flavours. Cabbage is a staple ingredient in Romanian cuisine. […]
Summer in Romania comes with an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. One of them is the humble courgette, which can be transformed into so many delicious recipes. Today, I want to show you how to make Romanian pan fried courgettes, a delicious, light snack, accompanied by a refreshingly light and tasty garlic yogurt dip. […]
Barbecues are very important in Romania. They are a great occasion to spend time with family or friends, around plates of delicious foods. Romanian chicken kebabs, or frigarui as we call them, are an unmissable dish from barbecues, alongside the classic mici and pork neck steaks. The frigarui are skewers with marinated chicken meat and […]
I always thought that my grandma invented this raspberry mousse recipe so that we would stop wasting fruits from our garden. I grew up with raspberries because my grandparents had a large plant by the gate. Ever since I knew I enjoyed fresh raspberries, and the plant kept growing and growing, taking more and more […]
The Romanian sour cherry cake recipe has its roots embedded deep into my memories, as the first dessert I ever remember tasting. Every time I think about it I remember arriving at my grandma’s house, for the three month summer school holiday. She would always wait for me with a fresh out of the oven […]
I grew up next to a forest, and foraging during the summer months was a normal activity for us as children. We used to bring home elderflower, different berries, wild apples, sour green plums, mulberries, as well as nettles, which my mom would then cook. The Romanian socata recipe is a classic which I was […]