Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each kilogram Pork...

Directions:

Use the cleaver to cut the backbones, salt and place the whole meat piece in the roasting pan that was greased with a little lard. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water. Leave in the oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, basting every now and then with the liquid in the pan. When ready, slice and serve with French fries or mashed potatoes or sauted cabbage. It may also be served cold, sliced thinly.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

0.75 each lb/750 gram fatty...
3 tablespoons lard
1 each parsnip
1 each carrot
2 each peppers
1 each eggplant
1 each zuchini, a...
0.5 each lb/250 gram peas
1 each small cauliflower
2 each big onions
3 each Potatoes
1 each small celery root
5 each to 6 big tomatoes
2 each garlic cloves...

Directions:

Cut the meat into bite sizes and fry in lard until they start to brown. Add salt and tepid water to cover. Let boil on slow heat, covered, an hour to an hour and a half. During this time, prepare the vegetables. Clean, wash and cut in bite sizes. Arrange the vegetables on top of the meat, add the sliced, peeled and seeded tomatoes, the parsley and dill and salt. Let boil on top of the range for a few minutes, then place in the oven. Shake the pot from time to time so that they do not stick. B...

Time:

25 min (10 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

0.5 each lb/250 gram oil
3 each raw yolks
1 each hard boiled yolk
0.5 each lb/250 gram...
2 each pickles
1 each large celery...
1 each parsnip (optional)
1 each parsley root
1 each carrot
4 each to 5 potatoes
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon Lemon juice

Directions:

You get the best beef salad by boiling the vegetables with the meat (soup). Cube the potatoes and all other vegetables. The same goes for the meat and pickles. Place all in a bowl, add the peas, salt and let rest until you prepare the mayo. Sieve a hard boiled egg. Place it in a bowl. Add a little oil, mix with a spoon, add a raw yolk and add oil, a little at a time, stirring continuously in the same direction. When it starts to thicken, add another raw yolk and again oil a little at a time. ...

Time:

3 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 3 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kilogram beef
3 each qts/3 liter water
2 each Carrots
1 each parsley root
1 each celery root
1 each green pepper
1 each onion and a few...
5 each juniper berries...
1 each bay leaf...

Directions:

Set to boil the beef with the cold water. Let the pot uncovered until the liquid starts foaming. Remove this foam periodically with the slotted spoon until foaming stops. Add the vegetables, juniper berries, bay leaf and a little salt. Cover the pot almost but not completely and let boil, at low temperature, for 3 hours. When it is ready, strain into another pot. The soup has to boil slowly to be really tasty. Serve with the desired accompaniment (noodles, dumplings, rice, etc.).

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kg beef
4 each to 5 onions
2 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato paste or...

Directions:

Cut the meat in bite sizes, fry a little in lard, add the chopped onion, let it fry a little, add a little water and then let it boil covered at slow heat. Add a little water from time to time until the meat is tender. Add the tomato paste or peeled and seeded tomatoes (in small chunks), salt and pepper. Cover the pot and let boil at slow heat until the liquid evaporates almost entirely. Serve with polenta.

Time:

40 min (10 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons vinegar, salt
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon flour
2 each lbs/1 kilogram...
3 each qts/3 liter water
1 teaspoon butter, boiled...

Directions:

Clean the beets, wash and grate. Set to boil with the water for 30-40 minutes (uncovered). Strain and then add to the liquid the salt, sugar and vinegar. After it comes to another boil, add the butter mixed with the flour and sour cream, mix well and let it boil for a little while. Serve with boiled noodles or toast.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each medium sour cabbage
5 each oz/150 gram...
5 each oz/150 gram hot...
5 each oz/150 gram...
2 tablespoons lard, pepper

Directions:

Julienne the cabbage. If it is too sour or too salty, wash it. Fry it in hot lard, together with small cubes of bacon, salami and hot dogs. Fry and keep stirring and adding a tablespoon or two of water and pepper. When everything is fried, put in the oven for half an hour.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kg boiled beef
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon horseradish sauce
1 teaspoon vinegar
0.5 teaspoon sugar, salt

Directions:

Cut the cold meat in bite sizes, place on a platter and cover with the following sauce: mix the horseradish sauce with the vinegar, sugar and salt. Add sour cream and mix well.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kg boiled beef
1 each to 2 tablespoons...
1 teaspoon vinegar
0.5 teaspoon sugar, salt

Directions:

Cut the cold meat in bite sizes, place on a platter and cover with the following sauce: mix the horseradish sauce with the vinegar, sugar and salt. Add sour cream and mix well.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kg boiled beef
2 each to 3 onions
1 tablespoon tomato paste or 1...
1 cup beef broth or milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon vinegar, a little...

Directions:

Cut the cold meat in bite sizes, place on a platter and cover with the following sauce: fry the chopped onion in butter until softened. Add the flour, mix well and pour the broth or milk on top. Add the tomato paste or chunks of peeled and seeded tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cover the pot and let it boil at slow heat until the liquid is entirely gone. Serve with polenta.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kg beef
3 each qts/3 l water
2 each Potatoes
2 each Carrots
1 each parsnip
1 each celery root
1 each pepper
1 each onion
5 each juniper berries...
1 each bay leaf...

Directions:

Drain the meat that has boiled with the vegetables in the soup and cut in bite sizes. Place on a plate and garnish with the vegetables: potatoes, carrots, parsnip. Pour a little oil, vinegar/lemon juice and a tablespoon of the boiling liquid. Add a little pepper (to taste) and serve with a salad or pickles.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

3 each qts/3 liter...
3 each to 4 potatoes
1 each bay leaf (optional)
2 each juniper berries...
1 each onion
1 each parsnip
1 each celery root
1 each parsley root
2 each Carrots
1 each medium hen

Directions:

Clean and wash the hen and set it to boil at low heat with 3 qts/3 l water. Remove foam, then add the vegetables, onion, juniper berries, bay leaf and salt. Cover and simmer until the hen is almost done. Add the halved (lengthwise) potatoes and let simmer until done. Remove the hen, cut in pieces, arrange on a platter and garnish with boiled potatoes and sliced carrot and celery. Spray with a few tablespoons of the boiling liquid. Serve to taste with oil and lemon juice or vinegar, horseradis...

Time:

30 min (10 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each beef or veal...
4 each oz/100 g oil,...

Directions:

Keep the brain in cold water for an hour. Remove the membrane and set to boil in warm salt water. Boil for 15-20 minutes. Let cool and then mix with oil, adding it a little at a time. Use a wooden spoon. Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, and then garnish with pitted olives and some parsley sprigs.

Time:

30 min (10 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

6 each pork chops
2 each eggs
2 tablespoons lard
2 tablespoons flour, pepper

Directions:

Pound the chops with the pounder, salt, pepper, dredge with the beaten egg, then flour, then egg and finally breadcrumbs. Fry in hot lard, at low heat. Serve with French fries, with some salad or pickles.

Time:

25 min (10 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

3 each lbs/1,250...
3 each qts/3 liter water
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each celery root
1 each onion
1 each bay leaf
2 each to 3 juniper...

Directions:

Set the beef to boil with the cold water. Remove foam, add the cleaned and quartered vegetables, juniper berries and bay leaf. Let boil, covered, at low temperature, for an hour. Add salt and let boil for another two hours. Remove the vegetables, remove the meat which will be used as filling for the pies and strain and degrease the soup. Serve in cups with meat pies (see Dough, French I or Dough, French II) or with pancakes with meat.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons lard, Innards and...
0.5 cup rice
2 each onions
3 cups water, salt
0.5 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

Wash the intestines, scrape them, turn inside out, wash a few more times, rub with salt and wash again. Then cut in small pieces. Cut the heart, liver, lungs and kidneys (washed and with fatty insides removed) the same way. Set everything to boil with a finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and water. When it comes to a boil, remove foam and add the rice which was slighly fried in lard. After a few minutes of boiling, put in the oven to bake until the rice is done.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each medium cabbage
2 tablespoons oil
2 each to 3 tablespoons...

Directions:

Julienne the washed cabbage. Rub it with salt until soft. Squeeze excess liquid. Mix with oil, vinegar and salt (if needed). Serve with roasts.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram fatty...
1 each medium cabbage
2 each onions (optional)
2 each peppers
1 each lard
1 cup borsh
5 each to 6 big...

Directions:

Cut the meat in bite sizes, fry in lard until it starts to brown, cover with tepid water and let it boil slowly about an hour. During this time, chop the cabbage, add a little salt and squeeze all excess water. Place on top of the meat. Add the thinly sliced peppers, onions and tomatoes. Add the borsh. Let it bake in the over at least one hour. If necessary, add a little water or tomato sauce.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram fatty...
1 each medium cabbage
2 each onions (optional)
2 each peppers
1 each lard
1 cup borsh
5 each to 6 big...

Directions:

the meat in bite sizes, fry in lard until it starts to brown, cover with tepid water and let it boil slowly about an hour. During this time, chop the cabbage, add a little salt and squeeze all excess water. Place on top of the meat. Add the thinly sliced peppers, onions and tomatoes. Add the borsh. Let it bake in the over at least one hour. If necessary, add a little water or tomato sauce.

Time:

25 min (15 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

3 each qts/3 liter water
1 each big onion
2 each big carrots
1 each big parsley root
1 each celery root
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon caraway, salt,...

Directions:

Boil the julienned vegetables with a tablespoon of caraway. When ready, strain, set the liquid to boil again and add a mixture of fried flour and butter and the salt. Let boil for a little while more. Serve with croutons fried in butter.

Time:

15 min (5 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons vinegar, salt
2 tablespoons oil
1 each medium cauliflower

Directions:

Wash the cauliflower, divide in flowerets and boil in salt water. Drain and place in salad bowl. Pour a dressing made of oil, vinegar and salt on top.

Time:

35 min (15 min to prepare, 20 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
1 each medium cauliflower
1 each parsley root, 1...
1 each onion
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon chopped dill
0.5 cup sour cream, salt

Directions:

Grate the parsley root, carrot and onion and boil in water until tender. Strain, add salt and a mixture of fried flour and butter, liquefied with some of the boiling liquid. Add the cauliflower in small bunches and boil at slow heat until the cauliflower is tender. Pour in the serving bowl on top of the dill mixed with the sour cream.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each to 3 celery roots
2 each to 3 apples
2 tablespoons oil, vinegar to...

Directions:

Julienne the peeled and washed celery and mix with the peeled and thinly sliced apples. Add oil, vinegar and salt.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons grated sheep's...

Directions:

Grate the cheese in the the soup bowl and pour the hot, strained soup on top. Serve with croutons.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each large chicken
2 tablespoons butter or lard
1 cup rice, salt

Directions:

Clean and wash the chicken, cut into pieces, salt and set into a pan with water to cover. Let boil for 15 minutes. Remove foam. Back to Lemon sauced chicken. Fry the rice with the lard. The rice must be dry without becoming brown. Arrange the chicken pieces on top of the rice and add two cups of the chicken broth. Let it come to a boil on top of the range and then place in the oven until the rice is done.