Traditional Romanian Mucenici Recipe
This traditional Romanian mucenici recipe is popular in the south of the country. It is made only once a year, on the 9th of March. It consists of a sweet soup flavoured with vanilla, rum, cinnamon, walnuts, lemon zest and orange peel.
Ingredients
- 200 gr Mucenici pack I recommend Baneasa brand
- 100 gr sugar
- 1 tbsp rum essence I use Dr Oetker vials - one is enough
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
- 1 peel from one orange
- 1 zest from one lemon
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 100 gr ground walnuts
To serve:
- ground walnuts
- ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Put two litres of water and 2 cinnamon sticks in a pot, and bring to boil.
- Half way through, add the sugar.
- When the water starts boiling, add the Mucenici from the pack.
- Reduce the heat and boil for 8 minutes (as instructed on the pack) or until the Mucenici start to rise to the surface. For me it took about 10 minutes.
- Turn the heat off, take the pot off the hob, and add your flavourings.
- Put the lid on and leave it to infuse for around 2 hours.
- Serve with more walnut and ground cinnamon on top.