As a child at my grandparents house I remember some long oval plates filled with roe salad and black olives which were served on special occasions. I also remember eating so much of it that the plate was hidden from me in the most unaccessible and higher places. I’ve tried matching the childhood taste but the commercial versions seems to be based mainly on various gums and thickening agents. Yet it’s quite easy to prepare a roe salad if you find fresh roe....
Roasted pork leg with potatoes (RO: ciolan la cuptor cu cartofi prajiti) is a common Romanian recipe. The pork leg can be found in butchery shops and it quite cheap. It is usually sold with skin and cut in 2 (one part contains more meat and one part more bone). If cooked properly it’s a delicious, lick your fingers, dish since the gelatinous part is melted and becomes sweet. Roasted porc leg with potatoes...
Prajitura cu lamaie pare mai curand iesita din laboratorul unui alchimist sau magician si totusi reteta este relativ simpla. Iar rezultatul e una din prajiturile mele favorite. Singurul defect: trebuie terminata in 1-2 zile. Dar poate ca nu e un bug ci un feature :) Prajitura cu lamaie Ingrediente Pentru blat (desi e un pic cam mult spus blat): 3/4 pahar unt topit, cam 3/4 dintr-un pachet de 200g taiat in 3-4 fasii si pus la microunde 1min 3 linguri de zahar o fiola de esenta vanilie un varf de lingurita de sare 1 1/2 cana de faina Pentru crema:...
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Cand tusesti si iti curge nasul iar afara ploua mohorat una din retetele care iti vor ridica cu siguranta moralul este supa cu taitei de orez (see english version for noodles soup here). Noodles soup Ingrediente 1 piept de pui legume: cartofi, telina (obligatoriu), morcovi, ardei dulci 1 legatura ceapa verde si 1 legatura patrunjel paste de orez (rice noodles), jumatate de pachet sare, piper, 2 cuisoare Metoda se fierbe pieptul de pui in 2l de apa spumuindu-l din cand in cand....
As a child I remember many types of mushroom stews especially with wild mushrooms. They were especially tasty but now almost impossible to find. Now the only available variety are champignons. As such, I welcomed finding a different type of mushrooms, interesting and yellow: chanterelles. This recipe is quite simple, basicaly a mushroom stew with some optional minced meat and served with pollenta. Chanterelle stew Ingredients 1/2 kg chanterelle mushrooms 1 onion 200g minced meat (optional) corn flour Method prepare polenta by adding corn flour to boiling water in proportion (1:2....
Lentils are one of my favorite vegetable. They come in many colors: red, yellow, brown, green and black. Colors of lentils You can cook them in various ways: boil them, with vegetables or alone for a delicious lentils soup. reduce the soup to a cream or, my favorite, prepare a lentils curry. First brown some onion with cumin and curry, then add lentils and water. Boil until the lentils are soft optionally adding tomatoes and finally spinach....
I’m not that pretentious to call this “boeuf bourguignon” so I’ll call it simply beef stew. It’s the result of the following cravings: beef, bolognese sauce and the wish not to waste the vegetables (tomatoes and bell peppers) in the fridge. Beef stew Ingredients 500g of beef 4 cups of red wine 5 tomatoes 2 carrots 2 bell peppers potatoes 1 onion bay leaves a lot of time and patience Method cut the meat in small cubes brown the onion in a large (about 5l) pot then add the meat cubes and stir until sealed cover with wine and 1 extra glass of water then add the bay leaves and let it simmer for about 1h, add water as needed add the roughly cut tomatoes and simmer for one more hour, add salt and pepper and water as needed add the bell peppers and carrots and let it simmer until the carrots and meat are soft in the mean time prepare mashed potatoes by boiling the potatoes and then blending them with milk, a bit of butter, salt and pepper let everything cool down a bit then serve the stew is better next day....
With the opening of a fresh fish shop nearby I could not resist trying every type of fish so here is a recipe adapted for some nile perch fillets. Perch fish with basil pesto and tomatoes Ingredients fish fillets fresh basil leaves from the terrace lemon juice dried chillies garlic gloves tomatoes (1 small tomato per fillet) parsley (optional) olive oil Method blend together the basil leaves (a fistful), lemon juice (half a lemon), olive oil (3-4 tbs), garlic gloves (2), parsley (just bit), dried chillies (to taste), salt, pepper to make a stronger than usual pesto....
On my bicycle trip to Iezer mountains after successfully descending almost 1000m I’ve met a bunch of women collecting forest fruits. They asked me: – you come from the top of the mountains, aren’t you? – yes, I replied – so you must have tasted all that ripe bilberry growing near the top (at almost 2400m) At this point I said nothing since in the foggy, cold and wet morning I could not see, or pay attention at, any bilberry....