Top 10 Romanian Dishes – Most Popular Dishes in Romania – Chef's Pencil

Top 10 Romanian Dishes – Most Popular Dishes in Romania – Chef's Pencil

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesTop 10 Romanian Dishes – Most Popular Dishes in Romania – Chef's Pencil

Although Romania is better known internationally for Dracula Transylvania and Nadia Comaneci its lesser-known cuisine is certainly worth exploring. Traditional Romanian food combines a mix of local ingredients. It is heavily influenced by Balkan Turkish Serbian German and Hungarian cuisines and because of this rich heritage Romanian food is varied filling and very hearty.

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Sarmale is a true comfort food that you can find at every traditional Romanian wedding. During the Christmas and New Year holidays you can smell its delicious aroma wafting through the streets.

The filling is made of minced meat (usually pork sometimes combined with poultry) mixed with spices rice and onions. This is then rolled up in sour (fermented) cabbage leaf parcels and stewed for hours in a special sauce of sauerkraut juice tomato juice and other secret ingredients.

In some Romanian regions they use vine leaves instead of cabbage. For fasting or for a vegan choice the minced meat can be successfully replaced by a mixture of ground nuts grated carrots and chopped mushrooms.