A FOOD TRADITION
Romanian Cuisine
Romania's national cooking tradition combines Balkan, Slavic, Ottoman, Central European, and pastoral influences in hearty soups, braises, preserved foods, breads, and festive sweets.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Ciulama de Pui
A Romanian chicken dish of tender chicken served in a thick white sauce made with flour, butter, cream, and stock.
Coliva
Coliva is a Romanian ceremonial sweet made from boiled wheat berries mixed with sugar, walnuts, and often raisins and decorated for religious commemorations.
Cozonac
A festive Moldovan enriched sweet bread made with wheat flour, dairy, eggs, sugar, yeast, and often a walnut filling.
Drob
Drob is a Romanian baked loaf of lamb offal mixed with eggs, green onions, herbs, and a bread-based binder.
Fasole cu Ciolan
A traditional Romanian bean stew combining cooked white beans with smoked pork shank, onions, root vegetables, and savory seasoning.
Ghiveci
Ghiveci is a slow-cooked Moldovan stew of assorted vegetables, commonly including onion, tomato, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, cabbage, carrot, and potato.
Gogoși
Gogoși are Romanian and Moldovan fried yeasted doughnuts made with wheat flour, commonly enriched with milk and egg and filled or topped with sweet preserves.
Iahnie de Fasole
A Romanian bean stew typically simmered with onion, tomato, vegetable oil, and paprika until thick and savory.
Jumari
Jumari are Romanian pork cracklings made by slowly rendering pieces of pork fat and skin until browned and crisp, usually with salt.
Lapte de Pasare
A Romanian dessert of poached sweetened egg-white dumplings floating in vanilla custard made with milk and egg yolks.
Lebar
Lebar is a Romanian pork liver sausage made from pork liver, pork, pork fat, onion, and seasonings, stuffed into a casing and boiled or baked.
Mămăligă
A firm or soft Moldovan cornmeal porridge traditionally boiled with water and salt and served hot as a staple side dish.
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