Romania
Romania: Icre Nigre (Carp Roe Paste)
- Ingredients:
- 250 g Caviar (carp or salmon)
- 50 g Fresh breadcrumbs
- 2 T Milk
- 6 T Oil
- Juice of 2 lemons
- Instructions:
Make the breadcrumbs and put them to soak in the milk, then squeeze out any excess liquid. Pound the caviar with the breadcrumbs, then add the oil slowly, as if for a mayonnaise. Stir in the lemon juice. (This can be done in a liquidizer or food processor.)
Serve with quartered hard-boiled eggs, hot toasted bread, a dish of black olives and vodka (if you can get it, the dry Romanian plum brandy, *tuica*, is even better).
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Romania: Ciorba de Pui (Sour Soup with Chicken)
Ingredients:
- 1 Chicken, weighing around -3 lb / 1.5 kg
- Bay leaf and allspice
- 3 Med. onions
- 3 Carrots
- 1 Celeriac root
- Parsley root if you can find it
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 Cabbage (optional)
- 2 Slices old bread, or
- 150 ml Single cream
- 1 T Vinegar
- 3 Egg yolks
- Dill and savory
Instructions:
Clean the chicken well. Put it in the stewpot and immediatel add the
mixed vegetables, bayleaf, allspice, peppercorns, and a little salt.
Cover with cold water. Bring to the boil three times, skimming and
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Romania: Duck with Cucumbers
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Title: Duck with Cucumbers
Categories: Romanian, Poultry, Meats
Yield: 4 servings
1 Duck for roasting
Salt and pepper
1 T Chopped marjoram
4 T Sunflower oil
1 Glass water
500 g Small pickling cucumbers OR
1 Large cucumber
2 Medium onions
Wipe and quarter the bird. Rub well with salt, pepper and marjoram.
Heat 1T of oil in a casserole. When lightly smoking, put in the duck
pieces and turn until colored. Add the glass of water: cover the
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Romania: Tokana (Shepherd's Stew)
Ingredients:
- 1 kg Lamb, off the bone
- 500 g Onions
- 1 l Water
- Salt and black pepper
- 2 Bayleaves (or 3)
- 1 kg Potatoes
- 150 ml Sour cream
- 1 T Vinegar
Instructions:
Cube the meat and trim off the fat. (Save the fat.) Peel and slice
the onions. Render the fat trimmings in a casserole or saucepan.
Take out the 'scratchings' left after rendering and add the meat and
onions. Fry until well browned. Add the water, salt and pepper, and
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