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:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 each onion
1 tablespoon butter
0.5 tablespoons flour, salt

Directions:

Cut the meat and set in a pan adding water to cover. Add one whole onion and salt. Remove foam and simmer until done. Throw away the onion. Separately, slightly fry the flour in lard. Add the meat boiling liquid, stirring quickly and then pour over the meat pieces. Let boil for a few minutes longer. The stew is tastier if you add a cup of milk to the sauce but boil for much less time.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each medium chicken
1 each medium cauliflower
0.5 teaspoon flour
2 each to 3 tablespoons...
1 cup water
2 tablespoons butter, salt, pepper

Directions:

Clean and wash the chicken, cut into pieces and fry them in a pan with a tablespoon of butter. Add the flour and then pour a cup of water. Add wine, salt and pepper. Clean the cauliflower and divide into flowerets. Fry it slightly with a tablespoon of butter and then arrange over the chicken pieces. Let simmer, covered, until the liquid is much reduced.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
3 each medium eggplants
1 each onion
1 tablespoon flour
3 each to 4 tablespoons...

Directions:

Cut the eggplants in quarters, lengthwise, and then halve each quarter. Salt and let sit for at least a half hour. Then slightly squeeze each piece, dredge with flour and fry in oil. Saute the chicken pieces, covered, in a tablespoon of oil. Add the grated onion and 2-3 tablespoons of water. Arrange the eggplant pieces over the chicken, add the parsley, cover and let boil, at low heat, for 10-15 minutes. Then move the pan to the oven and let it bake until ready.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
0.75 each lbs/750 gram...
2 tablespoons lard
1 each onion
0.5 cup chicken broth or...
5 each to 6 tomatoes
1 teaspoon chopped parsley...
1 teaspoon flour

Directions:

Slightly fry the chicken pieces in lard until they turn yellow. Add the finely chopped onion, a teaspoon of flour, mix and let fry for a little while. Add a half cup of chicken broth (or water), the cleaned green beans and the peeled, seeded and cut tomatoes. Add salt and chopped greens and let simmer, covered, for a half hour. Then set in the oven until the liquid is greatly reduced. You can also use raw onion. In this case, add it with the chicken broth.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each medium chicken
0.75 each lbs/750 gram...
1 tablespoon butter
0.5 teaspoon flour
0.5 teaspoon sugar, chopped...

Directions:

Clean and wash the chicken and cut into pieces. Fry in butter until yellow. Add the flour and fry until yellow. Then add 1/2 cup water, salt, sugar and peas. Let simmer, covered, and when almost ready, add the chopped dill.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 tablespoon lard
1 each lb/500 gram okra
5 each to 6 tomatoes
1 each onion, chopped...
1 tablespoon vinegar
0.5 teaspoon sugar, salt

Directions:

Clean and wash the okra. Keep okra in water with salt and vinegar for one hour. Fry the chicken pieces in butter until yellow. Add grated onion, boiled and strained tomatoes, salt, sugar and the okra (which were rinsed several times after removal from the salt-vinegar water). Simmer, covered, until the okra are almost done. Add a tablespoon of vinegar and the chopped greens and set in the oven for a little while.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon flour
1 cup sour cream, salt

Directions:

Saute the chicken pieces in melted butter, adding 1-2 tablespoons of water if necessary. When the chicken is almost done, add salt and then sour cream well mixed with flour. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. Keep warm until serving.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each medium chicken
1 tablespoon lard
1 each onion
4 each to 5 tomatoes
0.5 teaspoon flour, tarragon,...

Directions:

Fry the chicken pieces in lard until yellow. Add the finely chopped onion and flour. When the onion starts to turn yellow, add 3-4 tablespoons of water, juice from 4-5 tomatoes, salt and tarragon. The quantity of tarragon is to taste. Cover and simmer. When the meat is almost done, set into the oven for 15-20 minutes. You may prepare this with raw onion. In this case, add it with the water.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each chicken
1 tablespoon butter
1 each onion
0.5 teaspoon flour
0.75 each lbs/750 gram...
0.5 teaspoon paprika, salt, sugar

Directions:

Saute the chicken pieces in butter. When almost ready, add the finely chopped onion and flour, mixing continuously. then add the halved and seeded tomatoes, paprika, salt and sugar. Cover and simmer until the tomatoes are done. Do not stir during simmering. Shake the pan instead.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each lb/500 gram pork
8 each medium sized pickles
2 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 each onion
0.5 teaspoon flour, salt,...

Directions:

Fry the duck pieces in lard until it starts to brown. Add the chopped onion and flour and let fry a little longer. Then add warm water to cover the duck pieces. Cover and simmer for half an hour. Prepare 2 inch/5-6 cm long pieces of pickle. To the meat add pickles, tomato sauce, sugar, chopped dill and simmer until the meat is done and the liquid is reduced. You can also use raw onion instead of fried. In this case, add it with the warm water.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

0.5 each lb/250 dried beans
2 tablespoons oil
2 each to 3 tablespoons...
1 each big onion, salt,...

Directions:

Choose large beans for this recipe. Presoak the night before. The following day, drain and boil. After the first boil, change the water. This time start with warm water. Repeat this three times. The last time add salt. When ready, let cool in the water, then drain completely. Place in a bowl, add a little pepper, a finely chopped onion, salt. Mix with mayo and set in the serving bowl. Garnish with pickled beets, peppers or cucumbers. Drain and then mix with chopped onion. Add oil, salt, vineg...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

6 each hen portions...
4 tablespoons oil
7 each oz/200 gram olives
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 teaspoon flour
3 each onions
1 teaspoon vinegar, or 1/2...
1 each lump sugar, salt
1 each bay leaf

Directions:

Fry the hen pieces in 2 tablespoons of oil, add 3-4 tablespoons of water and simmer. Every now and then, turn the pieces, adding 2-3 tablespoons of water. When the meat is half done, add washed and pricked olives. Separately, fry the chopped onion in two tablespoons of oil until yellow. Add the flour, let fry a little longer, then add a cup of chicken broth or water, tomato sauce, salt, sugar, bay leaf and wine or vinegar. Pour this sauce over the meat and let boil until the meat is done. You...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each small duck
8 each medium pickles
2 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 each onion
0.5 teaspoon flour, salt,...

Directions:

Fry the duck pieces in lard until it starts to brown. Add the chopped onion and flour and let fry a little longer. Then add warm water to cover the duck pieces. Cover and simmer for half an hour. Prepare 2 inch/5-6 cm long pieces of pickle. To the meat add pickles, tomato sauce, sugar, chopped dill and simmer until the meat is done and the liquid is reduced. You can also use raw onion instead of fried. In this case, add it with the warm water.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each duckling
1 each large can sauerkraut
3 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
0.5 teaspoon paprika, a few...

Directions:

Clean, wash and salt the duckling. Let sit for one hour. In the meantime, fry the sauerkraut in lard, adding paprika, tomato sauce, pepper and salt (if needed). Arrange the sauerkraut in a uniform layer in a roasting pan and place the duckling on top. The duckling was previously dried and then greased with lard. Set into the oven and baste ocassionally with the liquid in the pan. After the duckling has been roasted on one side, turn onto the other side.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each duckling
1 each large can sauerkraut
3 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
0.5 teaspoon paprika, a few...

Directions:

Clean, wash and salt the duckling. Let sit for one hour. In the meantime, fry the sauerkraut in lard, adding paprika, tomato sauce, pepper and salt (if needed). Arrange the sauerkraut in a uniform layer in a roasting pan and place the duckling on top. The duckling was previously dried and then greased with lard. Set into the oven and baste ocassionally with the liquid in the pan. After the duckling has been roasted on one side, turn onto the other side with the only difference being that you ...

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each duckling
1 each large can sauerkraut
3 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
0.5 teaspoon paprika, a few...

Directions:

Clean, wash and salt the duckling. Let sit for one hour. In the meantime, fry the sauerkraut in lard, adding paprika, tomato sauce, pepper and salt (if needed). Arrange the sauerkraut in a uniform layer in a roasting pan and place the duckling on top. The duckling was previously dried and then greased with lard. Set into the oven and baste ocassionally with the liquid in the pan. After the duckling has been roasted on one side, turn onto the other side.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

4 each peppers
1 each lb/500 gram tomatoes
3 tablespoons oil
4 each onions
2 each big eggplants
4 each bellpeppers

Directions:

Roast the eggplants, peel while still hot and then leave on a slanted cutting board to drain. During this time, boil the tomatoes and strain, roast the peppers, peel them and cut into very thin strips. Finely chop the onions and then fry in hot oil until soft. Add the chopped eggplants, pepper strips, tomato paste and salt. Continue frying, stirring continuously, until most of the liquid is absorbed. Arrange on a plate and serve cold.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each big eggplants
1 each onion (to taste)
3 each to 4 tablespoons...

Directions:

Roast the eggplants, peel while still hot and then leave on a slanted cutting board to drain. Chop with a wooden or glass chopper, place in a bowl and then mix, using a wooden spoon, with a little oil at a time, until it whitens and becomes foamy. Add finely chopped onions (to taste), pepper and salt. Place in a a salad bowl or on a plate and garnish with tomato slices and rounds of green pepper.

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:

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:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each big eggplants
5 each to 6 onions
5 tablespoons oil
28 each oz/750 gram tomatoes
5 each roasted peppers...

Directions:

Roast the eggplants, peel while still hot and then leave on a slanted cutting board to drain. During this time, boil the tomatoes and strain, roast the peppers, peel them and cut into very thin strips. Finely chop the onions and then fry in hot oil until soft. Add the chopped eggplants, pepper strips, tomato paste and salt. Continue frying, stirring continuously, until most of the liquid is absorbed. Arrange on a plate and serve cold.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Salad

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons oil, salt
1 each lb/500 gram tomatoes
5 each onions
12 each peppers

Directions:

Wash the peppers, take the cores out and cut into very narrow strips. Chop the onions and fry in hot oil until soft. Add the peppers and tomato paste made from 1 lb/500 g tomatoes. Adjust the salt and let fry at slow heat until most of the liquid is absorbed. Serve cold.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Soup

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

2 each qts/2 liter water
1 each qt/1 liter...
1 each carrot
1 each parsley root
1 each big onion
0.5 each celery root,...

Directions:

Boil the giblets and wings with the finely chopped vegetables. Remove foam and add salt. When the meat is tender, add the sauerkraut juice that was boiled separately, the chopped parsley and dill and let boil for a few more minutes.

Time:

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

Meal type:

Dinner

Ethnicity:

Romanian

Ingredients:

1 each duckling
1 each large can sauerkraut
3 tablespoons lard
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
0.5 teaspoon paprika, a few...

Directions:

Clean, wash and salt the duckling. Let sit for one hour. In the meantime, fry the sauerkraut in lard, adding paprika, tomato sauce, pepper and salt (if needed). Arrange the sauerkraut in a uniform layer in a roasting pan and place the duckling on top. The duckling was previously dried and then greased with lard. Set into the oven and baste ocassionally with the liquid in the pan. After the duckling has been roasted on one side, turn onto the other side.