Recipes from Romania
Romanian cooking comes from cold winters and big tables — sarmale wrapped tight in cabbage leaves, ciorbă tangy with fermented bran. Plenty of dill, sour cream and slow oven hours spent waiting.
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Tripe Soup
Rich Romanian tripe soup with sour cream and vegetables, a traditional classic.
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Beans with Sausages
Fasole cu cârnați is the winter dish of the Romanian household — white beans slow-cooked together with smoked pork sausages, onion, carrots, tomato paste, and…
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Cabbage Rolls
Traditional cabbage rolls braised slowly until meltingly tender, served with sour cream and polenta.
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Polenta with Cheese & Sour Cream
Creamy polenta layered with salty cheese and cold sour cream, the Romanian national staple.
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Radauti Sour Chicken Soup
Rădăuți chicken soup finished with sour cream and garlic, the gentle chicken take on tripe soup.
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Fried Cheese Doughnuts
Pillowy fresh-cheese doughnuts, fried and served warm with sour cream and sour cherry jam.
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Sweet Braided Bread
Fluffy braided sweet bread with a walnut and cocoa filling, the Christmas and Easter classic.
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Grilled Minced Meat Rolls
Juicy grilled minced-meat rolls from a meat blend, served with mustard, bread and pickles.
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Beef & Vegetable Salad
Festive beef salad of finely diced meat and vegetables, bound with mayonnaise.
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Vegetable Spread
Roasted aubergine and pepper spread, slow-simmered, a vegan staple for the winter pantry.
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Roasted Pork Loin
Garlic-studded pork loin roasted with wine and potatoes, the Romanian Sunday roast.
Flavours of Romania
The cuisine of Romania is built on hearty root vegetables, soured cream, dill and slow-simmered stews. The 11 recipes gathered on this page lean on those everyday building blocks, so you can bring an authentic taste of Romania to your own kitchen without hunting down hard-to-find ingredients or specialist equipment. Each one keeps the techniques approachable while staying true to the way the dish is traditionally made.
What you can cook here
Browse dishes such as Tripe Soup, Beans with Sausages, Romanian Cabbage Rolls, Polenta with Cheese & Sour Cream. Each recipe opens with a complete, measured ingredient list, then walks you through the method one clear step at a time, with cooking times and per-serving nutrition so you always know exactly what is on the plate. Whether you want a quick midweek dinner or a dish to linger over at the weekend, there is something here worth cooking next.
Add Romania to your week
Every recipe here is portioned for a household and slots neatly into a balanced week — light enough for a busy weeknight, generous enough for a relaxed weekend cook-up. Pick a few favourites from Romania, add them to your free weekly meal plan, and we will fold every ingredient into one organised shopping list so the cooking is the only part left to do.