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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 was introduced to the Easter Pasca quite late in life, when I was already a teen. We always had plenty of dishes on the Easter dinner table, so my mom never cooked this extra dessert, which requires a lot of time. Until one year, when she made the traditional version of this Romanian Pasca […]
The traditional Romanian Mucenici Recipe is a treat that we enjoy every year, on the 9th of March in the south of Romania. This dessert has its origins from religion as well as celebrating the Orthodox holy day of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste. I was first introduced to Mucenici Muntenesti by my grandma at […]
This traditional Mucenici Moldovenesti is a treat that in Romania, we enjoy only once a year, on the 9th of March. This dessert has its origins in religion, and it celebrates the Orthodox holy day of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste. My mom used to make these for us every year and I was always […]
Desserts, Traditional Romanian Dishes
Romanian Cozonac Recipe: Taste the Country’s Most Traditional Dessert
Making cozonac is a labour of love. This is because it takes time, patience, and a lot of precision to make Romania’s most traditional dessert. And its presence is compulsory at holiday or celebration meals. This Romanian cozonac recipe takes time to make, but the end result is so worth it. Cozonac is a sweet bread […]
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