1 Feb 2015

Preparation

Cut the lettuce into smaller pieces and put it into a large bowl. Chop the onions into thin slices and spread them over the lettuce. Then open the tuna fish cans and throw away the oil by pressing the lid on the fish. Spread the tuna over the vegetables and then add the corn. Squeeze the juice from a lemon and pour it in the bowl. Then add some olive oil and some salt. Mix the ingredients carefully and then decorate the salad with red pepper and lemon slices.

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Ingredients

• tuna fish • lettuce • onions • red peppers • corn • lemons • olive oil • salt

TUNA SALAD | Romania |

1 Feb 2015

Preparation Over an open flame (gas stove or grill) completely blacken the skins of the eggplants and peppers.  Peel skins off immediately. The easiest way to get the last bits off is to do it under a slow running faucet.  Puree each of the three vegetables separately in a food processor. And place each in a separate bowl when you are finished.  Place oil and onion in a large pot.  Sauté onions for about 4 minutes over medium-low heat. Add eggplant, onion, salt and pepper. Cook until a thin layer of oil remains on top and when a spoonful of zacuscă is removed, only the oil should run off the spoon, not the zacuscă. Taste and adjust salt and pepper to meet your tastes.  Spoon mixture into sterilized jars of your choosing. It is easiest if they are all the same size.  Wipe rims clean and place clean lids and rings on jars. Place into a single layer in large pot (water bath canner if you have one). Fill pot with water up to the necks of the jars. Bring to a boil and boil for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow them to cool in water bath. When cool, remove from water and you are ready to go.  If oil separates, just mix it back in when ready to serve.

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Ingredients

• 4 kg fresh eggplants / aubergines

• 3 kg red peppers

• 1 kg onions

• 500 g tomato paste

• 500 ml oil

• salt (to taste)

• black pepper(a few bay leaves)

ZACUSCA

1 Feb 2015

Preparation To prepare this Romanian food, from corn flour, water and salt prepare one polenta then put it in a wood support and let it cool. Boil 3 eggs, cut bacon into pieces and then fry the pieces of bacon with sausages in hot oil. After eggs are baked, peel them and slice them finely. Slice in cubes 100 g of cheese then mix it with fried sausages, fried bacon and eggs.

Slice polenta with a thread and make a nest with every slice. In the middle of the nest put 1-2 spoons of the mixture made before and make a ball. Set balls made from polenta and mixture of bacon, cheese, eggs and sausages in a tray greased with butter and then sprinkle the rest of the cheese and put it on oven for about 15 minutes

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Ingredients

• 500 g corn flour

• 150 g smoked sausages

• 150 g smoked bacon

• 200 g cheese

• 5 eggs

• 100 g butter

• salt

BULZ WITH SMOKED MEAT