When I was still living in Romania, I used to love buying pig ears and munch on them. It was one of the little joys of each December – as this is the only time when pork ears would be available to buy in the local markets. Living abroad though, and in an area where […]
The Romanian layered lemon cake is one of the most popular cakes for Christmas or Easter. In Romania, we serve a platter of different cakes at the end of a holiday or celebratory meal, and the Snow White is part of it. Whilst these days you can just order your platter at any cake shop, […]
Main meals, Traditional Romanian Dishes
Romanian Sweet Cabbage With Pork Recipe – Mancare de Varza cu Carne de Porc
Cabbage and pork are staple ingredients in the Romanian cuisine. So it’s no wonder that this Romanian sweet cabbage with pork recipe is like a match made in heaven. My mom used to make this recipe very often, during the winter months. It’s a perfect winter warmer and makes a great comfort food as well. […]
Christmas is the most important holiday in Romania, celebrated together with the entire family. All the members of the family gather in one house, around a large table filled with the best dishes in Romanian cuisine. One thing I can tell you is that if you join a Romanian family for dinner, and not necessarily […]
Every autumn, the pastry shops around Bucharest start selling this delicious Romanian pumpkin pie. Going to the office, my usual cheese pie would be replaced by the pumpkin one, at least once a week, as the weather started to become colder. In Romania, we tend to use vegetables that are in season whilst they are […]
Pickles are such a big part of the Romanian cuisine. For me, there is no main meal that can’t be accompanied by some sort of pickle. Even when I eat soups, I like to have a pickled green chili on the side. But from all the pickles out there, my favourite has to be the […]
Pickles, Romanian Cuisine, Traditional Romanian Dishes
Romanian Pickled Peppers in Vinegar – Gogosari Murati
I have just returned home from a trip to Romania, where I visited my family. As it’s October, I found my mom in the middle of the pickling schedule, and whilst I was here, I learned how she makes the Romanian pickled peppers in vinegar. As I have never pickled gogosari before myself, I hung […]
This year my garden has been very generous with courgettes, so I cooked many different recipes using them, over the summer. One of my favourites, perfect for a hot summer lunch, is the Romanian courgette dip recipe, which packs a punch of flavour and it is very easy to make. In Romanian we called this […]
The original name for this Romanian courgette souffle recipe is “Sufleu de Dovlecei”. It is a Romanian classic dish that I often enjoyed during the summer holidays, made by my grandma. I always loved the creamy texture of this dish and its delicious cheesy, garlicky taste. My grandma used a lot of cheese in this […]
The other week I noticed that the wild blackberries in my local forest were ripe for picking, so on my next walk I took a container with me and picked as many as I could fit in. I thought about what I could make with them, and set my mind to this Romanian wild blackberry […]