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:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each lbs/1 kilogram...
3 each qts/3 liter water
2 each Carrots
1 each parsley root
1 each celery root
1 each green pepper
1 each onion
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.). Serve with t...

Time:

2 hr 20 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
2 each big carrots
1 each celery root
2 each Potatoes
2 each Green peppers
1 each piece of cabbage
1 each onion
1 each parsley root

Directions:

Set to boil the julienned carrot, parsley root and onion, the green beans cut in pieces, cubed potatoes with sour cream in a covered pot, for two hours. Strain and add salt.

Time:

2 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
2 each Boston lettuces...
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each big onion
1 each garlic clove...
1 tablespoon flour
2 each yolks
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 each to 3 tablespoons...
5 each oz/150 gram...
4 each eggs
2 tablespoons milk, salt

Directions:

Finely chop the carrot, parsley root, onion and garlic and set to boil in water for 1/2 hour. Strain, removing the vegetables. In the meantime, beat the yolks with the flour, sour cream, salt and vinegar, then add the strained liquid a little at a time, stirring continuously until it is all added. Set to boil and add the lettuce, cut into pieces. Let come to just one boil. For the omelette, cut the bacon into pieces, fry and then add to the eggs beaten with milk and some salt. Cut this omelet...

Time:

2 hr 10 min (10 min to prepare, 2 hr to cook)

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each to 4 lbs/1-2 kg a...

Directions:

Salt the meat and let sit for 30 minutes. Place in the lard greased pan, add 3-4 tablespoons of water and set in the oven, first at high heat until it starts to brown, then reduce heat. During the roasting, baste with the liquid in the pan. Keep in the oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serve sliced, with sauted cabbage. Pour some sauce from the pan over the slices.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each suckling pig, salt
0.5 cup rum
1 tablespoon oil

Directions:

As soon as the piglet was slaughtered, place in a large basin, spray some rosin on it and then pour some hot water. Turn the piglet on all sides so that it softens. Then remove from the basin onto a cutting board and remove all hairs. (It will be very easy.) Rub with a clean cloth and then singe over an open flame. Then place in a basin with tepid water. Wash and scrape with a knife. Rinse with cold water, then slit open on the belly, from the tail to the neck. Remove the intestines and innar...

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:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram fish
0.5 each qt/0,5 liter...
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each onion, lovage, salt

Directions:

Set to boil the vegetables. When they are almost done, add the sauerkraut juice. Adjust for taste, mixing in some more water or some more sauerkraut juice. After it comes to a boil, remove foam, add the fish cut in pieces and let boil, slowly, for 25-30 minutes. Add lovage.

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:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

6 each hen portions...
4 each medium quinces
2 tablespoons flour
2 each to 3 tablespoons...
2 teaspoon sugar, salt

Directions:

Fry the hen pieces with a tablespoon of lard until yellow. Add 1/2 teaspoon of flour and salt, cover with water and simmer, covered. In the meantime, peel the quinces, cut into thick slices, remove seeds, dredge with flour and fry in lard on both sides. When the meat is almost done, add 1 teaspoon of caramelized sugar to which a little chicken broth or water was added and 1 teaspoon of regular sugar. Place the quinces over the meat, cover the pan and simmer. Do not stir, but shake the pan oca...

Time:

30 min (15 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

6 each ears of corn
6 each qts/6 liter water
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each onion
2 cups Milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 each egg salt
0.5 teaspoon chopped dill

Directions:

With a very sharp knife, remove all kernels of corn. Set to boil the ears of corn with the chopped onion and vegetables. After boiling for one hour, strain and then set the clear liquid to boil again, with the corn kernels, at slow temperature, for half an hour. Strain again, sieve the kernels, mix with the strained liquid and set to boil again. When it comes to a boil, add the flour mixed with butter and milk. After coming to another boil or two, remove from heat and serve with a beaten egg,...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter or oil,...
1 each onion
1 each parsley root
1 each carrot
0.5 each lb/250 gram dried...
3 each qts/3 liter water

Directions:

Pick over and wash the beans and pre-soak in tepid water the preceding night. Then drain this water and set to boil in fresh tepid water. After boiling for a minute or two, change the water. Repeat this procedure three times. The last time, add, in addition to the beans, the onion, carrot, and parsley root. Let boil, covered, at low temperature. When the beans are tender, remove the carrot and parsley root, strain, then sieve the beans with the onion. Thin with a little of the strained liquid...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
1 each lemon slice (with...
1 each lb/500 gram spinach
0.5 cup sour cream, salt,...
3 each qts/3 liter water

Directions:

Wash and pick over the spinach. Set to boil with the water. After boiling for a little while, remove from heat and sieve everything. Set to boil again, adding the lemon, salt and butter. Let boil for another minute or two, then add the sour cream mixed with flour.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each eggs
0.5 teaspoon butter or lard
5 each to 6 tablespoons...

Directions:

Beat the butter with the eggs. Add the cream of wheat a little at a time (like a rain), stirring continuously. The paste obtained should be the thickness of sour cream. Add salt. After the soup was strained into a clean pot, set to boil. When it comes to the first boil, take teaspoonfuls of the cream of wheat paste and drop them into the soup. Grease the teaspoon first to make it easier. The soup must boil slowly. After all the paste has been used up, cover the pot and let boil slowly for 10 ...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each egg
1 tablespoon water, flour,...

Directions:

Sprad the noodles onto a clean surface and let dry for another 15-20 minutes. They may be boiled in the soup or separately in salt water. Strain, rinse with cold water and serve separately at the table.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
0.5 each qt/0,5 liter...
1 each lb/500 gram carp...
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
2 each onions
1 each egg
1 tablespoon oil, crustless...
1 tablespoon chopped mixed...

Directions:

Set to boil thinly sliced onion, carrot and parsley root, together with the head and tail from the fish. Skin the rest of the fish, debone and grind together with an onion slightly fried in oil and the slice of bread that was moistened in milk or water and then squeezed. Mix with an egg, some chopped greens, salt and pepper and make fishballs. After the fish head and tail and the vegetables are done, strain the liquid and remove the vegetables. Also remove the meat off the head and tail, siev...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1.5 each qts/1,5 liter water
0.5 each qt/0,5 liter borsh
1 each lb/500 gram...
5 each to 6 pieces of carp
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each big onion, salt,...

Directions:

Finely chop the vegetables and boil. When ready, strain and remove the vegetables. Add the various types of fish, chopped in small pieces; strain the fish pieces liquid into another pot. Strain the fish, removing all bones at the same time. Set the pot to boil and add the carp pieces, salt and pepper. After 15-20 minutes, when the fish is done, add the separately boiled borsh and the greens, letting it all boil for a few more minutes. It may be served warm or cold.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
0.5 each qt/0,5 liter borsh
1 each small carrot
1 each small parsley root
1 each big onion
1 tablespoon rice, chopped...

Directions:

Set to boil the finely chopped vegetables, adding the rice too. When the vegetables are almost done, add the fish (usually the middle parts are kept for frying or other fish recipes), the separately boiled borsh and the salt. Let boil, at low temperature, until the fish is done (15-20 minutes). Add the greens. It may be served hot or cold.

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:

0.5 teaspoon paprika
4 tablespoons lard
1 each medium cabbage
1 each lb/500 gram fatty...
1 tablespoon tomato paste

Directions:

Cut the meat in bite size pieces and fry very little in lard. Add water to cover and let boil, covered, about a half hour. During this time, chop the sauerkraut. Then add it to the meat, also adding paprika, tomato paste, and a little water. Let boil, at slow temperature for another hour. If the liquid evaporates, add a little warm water. Then bake in the oven for another hour. Serve with polenta.

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 qts/3 liter water
0.5 each lb/250 gram lentils
1 each onion
2 each garlic cloves
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon flour
0.5 teaspoon dry thyme, salt

Directions:

Pick the lentils over, wash and pre-soak in tepid water the night before cooking. In the morning, throw away the water and set to boil with 3 qts/3 liter cold water, finely chopped onion and the garlic cloves. When the lentils are almost done, add salt and let boil until done. Add flour fried in oil and mixed with a half teaspoon of thyme and then pour some lentil liquid on this fried flour. Let boil for a little while longer.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter or oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 each onion
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
0.5 each lb/250 gram dried...
3 each qts/3 liter water
1 teaspoon chopped dill,...

Directions:

Pick over and wash the beans and pre-soak in tepid water the preceding night. Then drain this water and set to boil in fresh tepid water. After boiling for a minute or two, change the water. Repeat this procedure three times. The last time, add, in addition to the beans, the onion, carrot, and parsley root. Let boil, covered, at low temperature. When the beans are tender, remove the carrot and parsley root, strain, then sieve the beans with the onion. Thin with a little of the strained liquid...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

7 each oz/200 gram dried...
2 each Potatoes
1 each onion
1 teaspoon butter
1 each hard boiled yolk
0.5 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon flour, salt,...

Directions:

Boil the peas with the vegetables. Strain and sieve only the peas and potatoes. Thin with some of the boiling liquid and set to boil with the hard boiled yolk which you have previously mixed with butter, flour and sour cream and thinned with a little boiling liquid. Mix well, add salt and chopped dill and let boil for a minute or two. Serve with croutons.

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.