Non-Fasting Recipes

Feast-day recipes containing meat, dairy, and eggs — for Pascha, Bright Week, and other days when the fast is lifted.

Romanian Non Fasting

Cârnați cu Varză — Romanian Sausages with Cabbage

Romanian homemade pork sausages simmered and then browned alongside braised sauerkraut. A dish of extraordinary simpl...

Romanian Non Fasting

Supă de Găină — Romanian Chicken Noodle Soup

The classical Romanian chicken soup — an old hen (or rooster) simmered slowly with plenty of vegetables until the bro...

Romanian Non Fasting

Salată de Boeuf — Romanian Beef and Vegetable Salad

A layered holiday salad found at every Romanian Christmas, New Year, and Easter table — diced boiled beef, carrots, p...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mititei in Bors — Meatball Sour Soup

A Romanian everyday soup — tender pork-and-beef meatballs floating in a tangy borș-thickened broth, with root vegetab...

Romanian Non Fasting

Friptură de Miel — Romanian Roast Lamb

Spring lamb roasted Romanian-style: marinated in wine, garlic, and thyme, studded with rosemary and more garlic, and ...

Romanian Non Fasting

Papanași — Fried Cheese Dumplings with Sour Cream and Jam

Romanian dessert royalty: fried dumplings made from fresh sheep's cheese or urda, shaped like a ring with a small bal...

Romanian Non Fasting

Ostropel — Romanian Chicken in Tomato-Garlic Sauce

A rustic Romanian dish of chicken stewed in a punchy tomato-garlic sauce, seasoned with smoked paprika and plenty of ...

Romanian Non Fasting

Ciulama de Ciuperci cu Pui — Mushroom and Chicken Stew

A creamy stew of chicken and mushrooms in a béchamel-like sauce, Romanian home cooking at its most generous. The name...

Romanian Non Fasting

Drob de Miel — Romanian Paschal Lamb Loaf

The Paschal lamb dish of Romania — a loaf made from lamb offal, pork, fresh herbs, garlic, and eggs, wrapped in caul ...

Romanian Non Fasting

Pască — Romanian Paschal Cheese Bread

The second great Romanian Paschal bread — a round, flat-topped loaf with a cross-shaped braid on top and a rich filli...

Romanian Non Fasting

Cozonac — Romanian Easter Sweet Bread

Romania's Paschal sweet bread — a tall, rich, twisted loaf swirled with a walnut, cocoa, and rum filling that becomes...

Romanian Non Fasting

Tochitură — Pork and Polenta Stew

A Transylvanian shepherd's meal turned national institution — cubes of pork pan-seared with smoked sausage and bacon,...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mămăligă cu Brânză și Smântână — Polenta with Cheese and Sour Cream

The simplest Romanian peasant supper and also one of the most beloved — thick golden cornmeal polenta topped with cru...

Romanian Non Fasting

Ciorba de Burta — Tripe Sour Soup

A classic Romanian sour soup — gently simmered veal tripe in a tangy broth soured with bors (fermented wheat liquid),...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mici — Grilled Minced Meat Logs

Romania's national grill — small, skinless sausages of beef, pork, and lamb seasoned with garlic, baking soda, and br...

Romanian Non Fasting

Sarmale — Romanian Cabbage Rolls

The undisputed queen of the Romanian feast table — sour cabbage leaves rolled around a filling of pork, beef, and ric...