Romanian Recipes & Cookbooks

How to Cook dishes from Romania

• Ardei umpluti - Bell peppers stuffed with ground pork, rice, onion and other vegetables.
  
  
  
• Chiftele - Breaded meatballs.
  
  
• Cioba de burta - Tripe soup, made from the stomach of a cow with milk and various seasonings.
  
  
• Cioba de ciocanele - A soup made from leg of pork with milk.
  
  
• Cioba de perisoare - Meatball soup.
  
  
• Frigarui - Smalled pieces of meat cooked on a skewer. Beef, chicken, lamb, mutton or pork may be used, and the pieces of meat on the skewer may be alternated between bacon, sausages or various vegetables such as bell peppers, mushrooms, onions or tomatoes. Frigarui are seasoned with spices such as garlic, laurel, and marjoram, pepper, and rosemary.
  
  
• Mamaliga - Cornmeal mush made from yellow maize, similar to Italian cuisine's polenta.
  
  
  
• Mititei - Grilled rolls made from beef mixed with mutton or pork.
  
  
• Papricas - A meat stew flavored with paprika, similar to Hungarian cuisine's pörkölt.
  
  
• Rasol - Boiled meat, potatoes and vegetables. If chicken is used for the meat, the whole chicken is typically is cut into pieces and used, whereas if pork is used, the pig's leg is used. It is item with a spicy garlic sauce known as mujdei or horseradish.
  
  
• Salata de boeuf - A salad made from chopped beef and root vegetables in mayonnaise. It is eaten garnished with pickled vegetables.
  
  
• Salata de vinete - A salad made from chopped grill eggplants with chopped onions and sunflower oil. Mayonnaise, or crushed garlic and pepper powder may be added.
  
  
• Sarmale - Rolls of cabbage stuffed with ground meat, rice and onions. These rolls are often eaten on Christmas Eve and at Easter.
  
  
• Snitel - Pork tenderloin stuffed with cheese and ham, covered with breadcrumbs and fried. It is the Romanian version of Austrian cuisine's Wiener schnitzel. Sometimes other meats such as beef, chicken or pork may be used, a fast-food version eaten in a sandwich is also popular, and in Western Romania the dish is made from two layers of meat with mushrooms between them.
  
  
• Zacusca - A vegetable spread made from cooked eggplant, beans, red peppers and chopped onion. It is typically matured for several months before eating, but once the jar is opened must be eaten within a few days. Zacusca is typically spread on to bread.

• Eastern European Recipes & Cookbooks

Art of Romanian Cooking, The By Galia Sperber Pelican Publishing Released: 2002-05-31 Hardcover (208 pages) List Price: $24.95* Lowest New Price: $16.28* Lowest Used Price: $9.88* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: An excellent introduction to an inventive style of cooking, with over 200 recipes carefully explained for the home cook.

Sanda Marin's Traditional Romanian Cooking By Alina Deutsch & William Anzick Black Sea Publications Spiral-bound (516 pages) Lowest New Price: $49.00* Lowest Used Price: $48.00* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: From the Carpatian Mountains comes the most comprehensive collection of traditional Romanian recipes. This 516-page book, with colored illustrations, offers bilingual titles and search index and metric and English units for 1,296 recipes translated and adapted from the 1966 edition of the most favorite Romanian cookbook.

Taste of Romania: Its Cookery and Glimpses of Its History, Folklore, Art, Literature, and Poetry (New Hippocrene Original Cookbooks) By Nicolae Klepper Hippocrene Books Hardcover (335 pages) List Price: $24.95* Lowest New Price: $264.02* Lowest Used Price: $55.57* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Here is a real taste of both Old World and modern Romanian culture in a unique book that combines more than 140 tasty traditional recipes with enchanting examples of Romania's folklore, humour, art, poetry, and proverbs. A wealth of archival material provides a glimpse into the 4,000-year-old history of the Romanian People and their Roman ancestry. This comprehensive and well-organised guide to Romanian cuisine contains recipes for many classic favourites including mamaliga, a polenta-style cornmeal, Eggplant Salad, Fish Zacuscz, Mititei Sausages (The Wee Ones), and Pan-fried Pork with Polenta. Savour the tastes of one of Europe's heartiest and most varied culinary traditions.

Romanian Cookbook Reflection Publishing Paperback (262 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $19.63* Lowest Used Price: $52.53* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780979761867 Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Product Description: We think of the smells and tastes of our childhood and say, "Grandma made it best." This nostalgic experience is part of our personal history, while the process of cooking maps the cultural history of a nation. Romanian cooking is therefore, at its core, the most eclectic, varied and complex cooking found it Eastern Europe because of its national history. Romanian cooking encompasses the taste of the Mediterranean because of the Ottoman occupation and the Slavic and Austro-Hungarian influences due to its geographical proximity to Russia and Hungary. With such culinary influences from South, East and West, the richness of the food does not come from the hearty ingredients, but from the history of occupation, integration and symbiosis with its surrounding regions. Romanian cuisine is not simply the amalgamation or duplication of these nation's dishes, but has a flavor all its own. The richness and variety of tastes found in uniquely Romanian food satisfy not only the appetite but the soul as well. Romanian dishes are considered comfort foods because of their complex and savory character. The rich ingredients, local to the Romanian heartland, come together to create the seductive flavors that warm the body and nourish the heart. We hope that this cookbook will be a treasure for you and your family as you explore all that the nation has to offer and share the recipes with your loved ones.

The Romanian Cook Book By Anisoara Stan Literary Licensing, LLC Paperback (248 pages) List Price: $31.95* Lowest New Price: $27.89* Lowest Used Price: $28.80* Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here

The Food & Cooking of Romania & Bulgaria: Ingredients and traditions in over 65 recipes with 300 photographs By Silvena Johan Lauta Anness Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $29.99* Lowest New Price: $19.03* Lowest Used Price: $51.93* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Discover the delicious and intriguing cuisine at the heart of Eastern Europe Cooking by leading cookbook writer Silvena Johan Lauta (also known as Silvena Rowe).

Traditional Romania: Culinary Delights By Gabriel Chirita Released: 2011-12-26 Kindle Edition   Product Description: Learn step by step how you can cook romanian foods. There are over 100 Romanian traditional recipes accompanied by beautiful photos, many of them in step-by-step format. The book contains easy-to-make Romanian dishes, with contributions from Romanian cooks and family recipes. Book contains: Soups: 01. Soup with semolina dumplings 02. Romanian sour soup 03. Romanian Cabbage soup with bacon 04. Romanian Borsh 05. Rabbit sour cream 06. Omelet soup 07. Nettles soup 08. Mushroom sour soup 09. Meatballs sour soup 10. Lettuce and omelet soup 11. Lamb Borsh 12. Fish balls soup 13. Caraway soup with dumplings 14. Beetroot soup 15. Bean soup Salads 16. Turnip salad 18. Tuna with lettuce salad 20. Sweet corn, cheese salad 22. Mint, tomatoes salad 24. Green salad 25. Eggplants salad 26. Dandelion salad 27. Cheese and cumin salad 28. Celery, apples and mayonnaise salad 29. Celery knob salad 30. Celery and mayonnaise salad 31. Celery and apple salad 32. Cabbage salad with lemon and garlic 32. Beetroot salad Appetizers 33. Zakuski 34. Turnip with sour cream 35. Tomatoes stuffed with eggplants 36. Tomatoes stuffed with cheese 37. Toba 38. Stuffed eggs 39. Smoked sausages 40. Romanian Pouched Eggs 41. Potato balls 42. Pancakes with soft cottage cheese and dill 43. Meatballs 44. Little meatballs 45. Jellied pork 46. Caltabosi 47. Bloody sausages 48. Beef salad - Salade de Boeuf 49. Baked bell peppers Main Dishes 50. Zucchini stuffed with eggplants 52. White sauce with meat cubes 53. Stuffed pumpkin flowers 54. Spinach with polenta 55. Smashed potatoes with bacon 56. Sausages with polenta 57. Romanian onion stew 58. Roasted mutton leg 59. Rice with tomatoes salsa and bacon 60. Pork steak in the oven 62. Paprikash 63. Nettles with polenta 64. Mushroom pilaf 65. Moldavian stew 66. Minced meat balls with sour-cream sauce 67. Leek with olives 68. Gulash 69. Fish plachie 71. Filled pork stomach 72. False meatballs 74. Duck on a cabbage bed 75. Chicken with vegetables 77. Chicken with pressed-cheese and sour cream 79. Chicken pilaf 80. Carp in beer 81. Baked potatoes with eggs and cheese Holiday recipes 82. The Easter Egg 83. Stuffed cabbage rolls 84. Pasca 85. Lamb in dough 86. Cozonac: 87. Branzoaice Sweets 88. Turta Dulce 89. Turkish Delight Cake 91. Pumpkin strudel 92.Poale'n brau 93. Pie with sweet soft cheese and raisins 94. Boiled Dumplings 95. Pancakes with jam 97. National Pie 99. Little horns with Turkish delight or jam 100. Halva 101. Coltunasi 102. Caramel cake 103. Cake from Banat 104. Brownies, Romanian style 105. Apricot cake 106. Apple pie 107. Romanian Style Polenta

Romanian Food : Best recipes By Gabriel Chirita Released: 2012-01-02 Kindle Edition   Product Description: There are 20 Romanian traditional recipes. The book contains easy-to-make Romanian dishes, with contributions from Romanian cooks and family recipes well explained. Recipes include the Romanian name, ingredients and well explained preparation instructions. In the book you will find recipes and tips for Tripe Soup,Bean Soup,Ground beef with potatoes and eggs,Romanian Cabbage and Sausage, Pork sausages with beetroot and apple, the famous Romanian Cozonac with a 5 page how to and a few other traditional Romanian food recipes.

Cooking Around the World: Romanian, Bulgarian & Balkan By Trish Davies Anness Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $10.99* Lowest New Price: $8.35* Lowest Used Price: $7.69* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This comprehensive guide to the food and cooking of a largely unexplored cuisine presents a superb group of recipes full of surprises.

Transilvania: Romanian Cuisine By Catalina Radu PublishAmerica Paperback (77 pages) List Price: $16.95* Lowest Used Price: $75.24* *(As of 02:49 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: I come from a big family of five children-one brother and three sisters. I am the second child in the family after my brother. My parents taught me many family values; one, which I love the most, is cooking. My mother gave me a wooden spoon at an early age. I love cooking for family and friends. I came to the United States in the fall of 1997. Now I live in Maryland, with my husband, Waldo Mojica, who is from Puerto Rico. Waldo inspired me to write this book. He loves and appreciates my cooking very much. This is my first book. Also, I'm working on a bilingual book for children, English-Romanian and Romanian-English. I love and enjoy cooking, traveling and reading. I speak English, Romanian and basic Spanish.