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Sibiu has always been known as the land of sheep cheeses and meat delicacies. Its traditional products reflect the richness of its lands but also the region’s

cultural diversity. Try the telemea cheese from Mărginimea Sibiului which made the local shepherds famous through-out the country or the shepherd style smoke-dried mutton. Indulge in the foods inherited from the Saxon cuisine – hencles cake, rhubarb pie – or from the Hungarian cuisine – poppy seed sponge cake or plum dumplings.

All year long you may take part in various festivals to taste the delicious foods prepared with local products. Go to markets and fairs to buy seasonal products directly from the small producers. You may find all the specialties Sibiu has to over on the tables of restaurants and guest houses.

Dairy proDucts& proDucers

Meat Delicacies& proDucers

Bakery proDucts& proDucers

VegetaBles, fruits anD herBs

preserVes& proDucers

Desserts& proDucers

BeVerages & proDucers

Markets, fairs anD gastronoMic eVents

stores with traDitional proDuce

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3Traditional Products from Sibiu County

Traditional Products from Sibiu County4

Cheeses are, by excellence, part of this region’s culinary and cultural tradition and its diversity is given by its high pastu-res and specifi c production techniques.

In the alpine pastures of Mărginimea Sibiului the lo-cals continue the ancestral tradition of telemea che-

ese, sour milk, burduf cheese, kneaded cheese or urda. If in the 18th and 19th centuries the

shepherds would travel all to way to Cri-mea during the transhumance periods, today some of them have settled mainly in Banat and Dobrogea and others still practice the local shepherding at the

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Did you know?

• As early as the 15th century, the size of their pastoral economy allowed the villagers from Mărginimea Sibiului to expand their grazing areas beyond the Transylvanian borders.

• Th e inhabitants of the village of Rășinari organize a Cheese Festival each year, in the last week of August.

• During the Peony Festival from Gura Râului you may taste specifi c shepherd dishes during the “shepherd style dinner”.

• Th e shepherd’s basic meal is polenta with milk, cheese, jintiță (a type of sweet or sour yoghurt). Some holiday dishes are: balmoş (butter, cheese, corn fl our and cream) and sloi de oaie (mutton, mutton fat, garlic, onion).

• Traditional smokehouses use beech wood to cure the cheeses.

sheepfolds from the Cibin Mountains. Discover the secrets of shepherding by joining one of the events which give sea-sons their rhythm:

· � e Taking of the Sheep to the Mountains in the villages from Mărginimea Sibiului, May

· Up high on the Jina Mountain, 28 July· � e Shepherds’ Feast Tilişca, 15 August· � e Descending of the Sheep in the villages from Mărginimea Sibiului, September

In Saxon settlements, the buff alo milk and the goat milk give cheeses a special fl avour.

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name address ContaCt ProduCts

SC TomSib SRL Alămor Nr. 204 +40269 537 419 Yellow semi-hard Dalia cheese, urda.

Albota Arpaşu de Sus Nr. 505 +40743 321 015 Burduf cheese, telemea cow cheese.

PF Dârloşan Ionel

Ernea Nr. 70 +40269 256 601 Telemea goat cheese, farmer goat cheese,

goat urda, kneaded goat cheese.

Dârloşan Eugenia

Ernea F.N. +40269 256 601 Dairy products

Conţiu Avram Gura Râului Nr. 630

+40269 572 369+40744 139 910

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Sopa Mihai Ilimbav Nr. 1 +4 0745 483 550

Farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, telemea cow cheese, telemea sheep cheese, urda.

Morariu Dumitru

Jina Nr. 115 +4 0740 238 640

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, farmer cow cheese, urda, butter.

PF Bebeşelea Cornelia

Jina Str. Fagului nr. 1104 +40743 976 922

Farmer cow cheese, burduf cheese, Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, urda, butter.

PF Bebeşelea Eugenia

Jina Nr. 245

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, sour milk, butter.

PF Bebeşelea Sterp Ion

Jina Str. Hudiţă, 1290 +40751 927 593 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese,

burduf cheese, butter.

PF Bebeşelea Sterp Vasile

Jina Nr. 39


PF Răduţiu Dumitru

Jina Str. Guruieţ, nr. 874 +40753 043 874

Farmer cow cheese, burduf cheese, Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, urda, butter.


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PF Sterp Dumitru

Jina Nr. 915 +40754 564 025

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, butter, yellow semi-hard cheese.

PF Sterp IoanJina Str. Principală, nr. 277

+40743 412 465 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, urda, butter.

PF Sterp Nicolae

Jina Str. Principală, nr. 448

+40749 648 555Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, butter, yellow semi-hard cheese.

PF Streulea Mihai

Jina Str. Curmătură, nr. 255

+40745 603 401Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, burduf cheese, farmer sheep cheese, yellow semi-hard cheese, sour cream, butter, urda, telemea goat cheese.

Willy şi Lavinia Schuster

Moşna Str. Cetăţii nr. 543 +40269 862 206

Unfattened cottage cheese, cottage cheese with sour cream/herbs/hot pepper/horseradish/fruits, urda, farmer sheep cheese, diet yellow semi-hard cheese, yellow semi-hard cheese with herbs.

PF Cocoş Vasile Cosmin

Nemşa FN +40749 991 004 Telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda,

kneaded goat cheese.

IF Topârcean Dumitru

OrlatStr. Morii nr. 676 +40748 193 603

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, sour milk.

Maniţiu Nicolae

Poiana Sibiului nr. 1289 +40269 531 725 Sibiu telemea cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Dăncilă Maria

Poiana Sibiului Str. Vlaşinului nr. 1172

+40747 085 777 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese

PF Băra Ana RăşinariStr. O. Goga nr. 755 +40747 949 584 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, burduf

cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda.

PF Bogdan Mioara

RăşinariStr. Emil Ciorannr. 1504

+40741 456 757Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Bogdan Nicolae Adrian

Răşinari Str. Sava Popovici Barcianu, nr. 220A


PF Grebenea Paraschiva

Răşinari Str. G-ral Ilcuşiunr. 139

+40751 774 659Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese.

PF Roşca Nicolae

RăşinariStr. E. Brote, nr. 1449 +40744 592 141 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer

sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Roşca Valerica

Răşinari Str. Emil Ciorannr. 1557

+40752 520 380Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Cândea Georgeta Maria

Râu Sadului Nr. 170 +40269 567 139

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, urda, Sibiu telemea cheese.

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Ioan şi Ramona Jaglea

Roşia Nr. 49

+40269 582 451 +40749 140 522 Fresh cow’s milk

PF Muntean Maria

Sadu Str. Fabricii, nr.14 +40740 130 501

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, farmer cow cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese.

PF Vonica Livia Mioara

Sadu Str. Bisericii, nr. 3 +40740 028 650

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese, smoked yellow semi-hard cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese.

Valeriu şi Aurelia Popenta

Şeica Mare Str. Răchite, nr. 544 +40269 853 975

Milk, telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, yellow semi-hard cheese, buttermilk, yoghurt, goat urda.

SC Valirom SRL Şmig Nr. 217 +40269 238 641

Farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, kneaded cheese, telemea cheese, yellow semi-hard Dalia cheese, urda.

PF Radu Ancuţa Domnica

Şura Mare Str. Principală, nr. 468

+40747 186 251Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, yellow semi-hard cheese, urda, telemea goat cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese.

SC Sib Natur SRL

Şura Mare FN +40269 543 349

Farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, kneaded cheese, telemea cheese, yellow semi-hard Dalia cheese, urda, cottage cheese, sour cream.

IF Barbosa Lucia Olimpia

Tălmăcel Nr. 144 +40743 023 803

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, smoked farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

Cecilia SineaTălmaciu Str. M.Viteazu, nr. 39

+40730 651 723 Dairy products

PF Cucerzan Monica

Târnava Str. 1 Decembrie, nr. 52

+40761 688 932 Telemea goat cheese, farmer goat cheese, goat urda, kneaded goat cheese.

SC Caprimed SRL

Târnava Str. 1 Decembrie, nr. 52

+40369 425 837 Goat cheese

SC ASI NATURE SRL

Ţichindeal FN

+40269 216 244 +40744 565 000

Harbach burduf cheese, Harbach spiced burduf cheese, Harbach telemea cheese, bio Harbach telemea cheese.


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PF Banciu Elena

Tilişca Str. Vale, nr. 418 +40751 514 463

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, burduf cheese, sour milk, butter, yellow semi-hard cheese, urda.

PF Ciorogar Dumitru

Tilişca Nr. 315 +40747 925 857

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Dănese IlieTilişca Str. Principală, nr. 115

+40741 590 864 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, burduf cheese.

PF Micu Gheorghe

Tilişca Str. Vale, nr. 414 +40745 601 411

Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda, sour milk.

PF Popa Dumitru

Tilişca Str. Iugeşti, nr. 276 +40746 088 082 Mărginimea Sibiului telemea cheese, Sibiu

telemea cheese, farmer sheep cheese, urda.

PF Prică Maria

Tilişca Str. Şcolii, nr. 497


PF Zeicu Petru

Tilişca Str. Iugeşti, nr. 259 +40269 554 233


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To get through the frosty mountain winters, shepherds from Sibiu eat a lot of proteins and fat accompanied by “just a tiny bit of strong plum brandy”; this is a widespread habit in our county where the best “vegetable” will always be the pork.

Th e killing of the pig takes place during the ritual of

St. Ignatius on Decem-ber 20th. Th e sacrifi ce

strictly follows a whole set of customs and it ends

with a thanksgiving din-ner called “the pig’s funeral feast”.


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Nothing is thrown away from the pig and the housewives skilfully prepare meat delicacies made after century-old rec-ipes: liver sausages, sausages, headcheese, meat jelly, deep-fried lard, lard-preserved meat, salted pork rinds or meat jelly seasoned with thyme, pepper, tarragon, coriander, all-spice and paprika for they say these spices are all perfect for pork meat.

An exquisite delicacy is well smoked, salt-cured lard. Th e Saxons used to keep it in the church’s steeple. Villagers from Mărginimea smoke it with beech wood smoke and then hang it in the pantry. Th e lamb haggis with basil and rosemary or the smoke-dried mutton with garlic sauce are also constant-ly present on the villagers’ table. If you go to a sheepfold you will feel the smell of the mutton stew from a long distance.

Did you know?

• Th e fortifi ed churches from around Sibiu still take pride in their Lard Steeple. Back in the old days, each Saxon family would keep their lard in the tower throughout the year as it was chilly and windy even in summer; the lard chunks were properly marked, to make sure no one would dare steal from their neighbour’s lard.

• A typical local delicacy ischisătura – a paste of fi ne cut lard mixed with parsley and onion. Th is is the shepherds’ sandwich; spread on large slices of bread whose crust was beaten off , it just makes your mouth water.

• Th e pâté from Sibiu has a tradi-tion of over 90 years. Besides the pâté tins made in Sibiu and sold in supermarkets, the local housewives also prepare lebar which is a paste made of pork or chicken liver.


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Albota Arpaşu de SusNr. 505 +40743 321 015

Pork sausages/pork spare rib roast/sirloin/smoke-dried pork/smoked lard, smoked mutton breast, sheep hot sausages, smoked trout.

SC MC Import Export SRL

Copşa MicăStr. Târnăvioara, nr. 90

+40269 847 171

Pork/beef/chicken salami, Târnăvioara „summer” salami, Târnăvioara salami with ham, cabanos sausages, headcheese, liver sausages, pork sausages, minced meat, beef sausages, smoked pork spare rib roast, Târnăvioara smoked jambon.

PF Bebeşelea Eugenia

JinaNr. 245

Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton jelly, mutton sausages.

PF Sterp Dumitru

JinaNr. 915 +40754 564 025 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton

jelly, mutton sausages.

PF Sterp Ioan

Jina Str. Principală, nr. 277

+40743 412 465 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton jelly, mutton sausages.

PF Sterp Nicolae

JinaStr. Principală, nr. 448

+40749 648 555 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton sausages.


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PF Strulea Mihai

JinaStr. Curmătură, nr. 255

+40745 603 401

Smoked pork sausages, pork spare rib roast, pork jambon, smoked pork breast, smoke-dried pork, smoked lard, deep-fried lard, headcheese, liver sausages, mutton sausages, shepherd style smoke-dried mutton.

SC Salconserv SA

MediaşStr. Carpaţi, nr. 33 +40269 833 303

Traditional salami, traditional sausages, traditional home-made sausages, traditional home-made salami.

PF Stănuş Liviu Gheorghe

Miercurea SibiuluiNr. 70 +40748 345 078 Smoked pork sausages, hot sausages, home-

made salami.

PF Dăncilă Maria

Poiana SibiuluiStr. Vlaşinului, nr. 1172

+40747 085 777 Mutton sausages, smoked pork sausages, shepherd style smoke-dried mutton.

II Cazan Paraschiva

RăşinariStr. Copăcele, nr. 182

+40742 822 711Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton/pork sausages, smoked pork chop/ spare rib roast, smoked lard.

PF Bogdan Mioara

RăşinariStr. Emil Cioran, nr. 1504


PF Roşca Valerica

RăşinariStr. Emil Cioran, nr. 1557


Ioan şi Ramona Jaglea

RoşiaNr. 49

+40269 582 451+40749 140 522 Beef meat

I.I. Bendic Ilie Romulus

SibiuStr. N. Iorganr. 42

+40744 975 431

Smoked spicy pork sausages, smoked pork sausages, smoked pork breast, smoked lard, smoked pork chop/spare rib roast/leg/hand/hock.

SC Carne COM Ştrand SRL

SibiuStr. Şos. A. Iulianr. 73/24

+40740 601 090

Smoked pork chop/spare rib roast/sirloin/ham/hock/smoke-dried pork/lard/pork sausages, smoked spicy pork/beef/mutton sausages, headcheese, liver sausages, deep-fried lard.

SC IACOBINII SA

SibiuStr. Maşiniştilor, nr. 15/72

+40269 238 019

Bradu smoked pork sausages, pork jambon, smoke-dried pork, traditional smoked lard, peasant style ham, spiced pork jambon, spiced smoke-dried mutton leg.


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SC Izabel Prod SRL

SibiuStr. Vopsitorilor, nr. 7

Smoked spicy beef sausages, smoked spicy pork sausages, smoked pork sausages, raw dried pork sausages, smoked pork breast, smoked lard, smoked pork bottom neck lard, smoked pork chop, smoked pork spare rib roast/leg/hock, smoke-dried beef, smoked sirloin.

SC Muvi Impex SRL

SibiuStr. Drumul Ocnei, nr. 4

+40269 220 705

Pork sausages, peasant style headcheese, liver sausages, Poiana salami, traditional „summer” salami, smoked lard, traditional beef sausages.

SC Nova Trade International SRL

SibiuStr. Faurului, nr. 19

+40744 939 484Smoked pork sausages, smoked breast, smoke-dried pork, smoked lard, smoked sirloin, deep-fried lard, hot sausages.

SC Oly Sib SRL SibiuStr. Oituz, nr. 18 +40269 416 103 Minced meat, pork sausages.

SC SAMARIA COM SRL

SibiuStr. Matei Millo, nr. 2

+40269 232 220Smoked spicy sausages, smoked sausages, smoked pork breast/lard/sirloin/spare rib roast/jambon/hock.

SC Sevcom SRLSibiuStr. Anton Pann, nr. 10

+40269 424 175 Traditional home-made sausages, spicy sausages, smoke-dried pork, smoked sirloin.

PF Radu Ancuţa Domnica

Şura MareStr. Principală, nr. 468

+40747 186 251

Smoke-dried mutton, mutton jelly, mutton sausages, liver sausages, smoked pork sausages, smoked sirloin, smoked lard, smoked headcheese.

IF Barbosa Lucia Olimpia

Tălmăcelnr. 144 +40743 023 803

Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton/pork sausages, liver sausages, Tălmăcel headcheese, smoked lard, smoked pork jambon.

IF OANCEATălmaciuStr. M.Viteazu, nr. 66

+40743 779 690

Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton/pork sausages, liver sausages, Tălmăcel headcheese, smoked lard, smoked pork jambon, pork chop, hot sausages, deep-fried lard, meat and sausages in a jar, black pudding, lamb haggis.

II Oancea Ioan Bogdan

TălmaciuStr. Cibinului, nr. 58

+40745 353 097Pork sausages with basil, mutton sausages, Păltiniş pork jambon, Prejba smoke-dried pork, Cindrel sirloin, shepherd style fillet.

II Rusu Simion

TălmaciuStr. Unirii, nr. 21 +40746 652 345

Smoked spicy pork sausages, smoked pork sausages, smoked pork breast, smoked pork sirloin, smoke-dried pork, mutton jelly, mutton sausages, home-made salami, veal sausages.


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PF Banciu Elena

TilişcaStr. Vale, nr. 418 +40751 514 463 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton


PF Ciorogar Dumitru

TilişcaNr. 315 +40747 925 857 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton


PF Dănese Ilie

TilişcaStr. Principală, nr. 115


PF Micu Gheorghe

TilişcaStr. Vale, nr. 414 +40745 601 411 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton


PF Popa Dumitru

TilişcaStr. Iugeşti, nr. 276 +40746 088 082 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton


PF Prică Maria

TilişcaStr. Şcolii, nr. 497

Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton jelly, mutton sausages.

PF Zeicu Petru

TilişcaStr. Iugeşti, nr. 259 +40269 554 233 Shepherd style smoke-dried mutton, mutton



Meat delicaciesproducers

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For many of us the taste of country bread baked on a wooden fi re has remained just a nice childhood memory. However, in the region of Sibiu there still are many households where women wake up before dawn to put the dough in the oven.

Th e locals of Sibiu prefer the sweet, rich taste of the potatoes bread which can

be kept for several weeks. Next to the traditional white potatoes bre-

ad, people also bake linseeds, pumpkin seeds or sunfl ower seeds breads.

For many of us the taste of country bread baked on a wooden fi re has remained just a nice childhood memory. However, in the region of Sibiu there still are many households where women wake up before dawn to put the dough in the oven.

Th e locals of Sibiu prefer the sweet, rich taste of the potatoes bread which can taste of the potatoes bread which can

be kept for several weeks. Next to the traditional white potatoes bre-

ad, people also bake linseeds, pumpkin seeds or sunfl ower seeds breads.

taste of the potatoes bread which can be kept for several weeks. Next to the


17Bakery products

Did you know?

• Bread is believed to be a sacred element and people show a mystical respect towards it.

• In Transylvania it is considered a sin to throw away any leftover bread or breadcrumbs. The customs of drawing an imaginary cross on the bread before cutting it and putting it into a white towel are symbols of purity and are believed to keep the evil away.

• At Galeş you may still find a water mill running.

• At Şura Mică, at no. 99 on Principală St. they sell sponge cake “by the meter” prepared after a Saxon recipe.

Transylvania is “the land of breads as big as a cart wheel” and naturally Sibiu lives up to this reputation. Bakers bake big, round breads of up to one kilogram, to have enough for everybody. When taken out of the oven, the bread crust is coal black so you don’t really feel like eating it. But while still hot, the baker hurries to beat it on all sides and… what a wonder: the burnt crust falls off and the bread remains nice and brown, just perfect for breakfast.

To discover the secrets of traditional bakeries, visit the Old Mill from Hosman (www.moara-veche.ro).


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SC Valencia Trading SRL

Arpaşu de JosNr. 119

+40269 520 313+40744 578 363 Traditional bread, traditional sponge cake.

SC Rusu Pan Prod SRL

Aţel Str. Principală, nr. 1A

+40269 831 300 Traditional home-made bread, traditional sponge cake.

SC Pan Pom Com SRL

Boiţa Str.Traian, nr. 331

+40269 556 031 +40756 784 291

White potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, home-made bread, traditional walnut/lokum sponge cake.

SC Pecu Pan SRL

CristianStr. X, nr. 32 +40269 579 419

White potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, traditional white/semi-white bread, round white potatoes bread, traditional walnut sponge cake.

II Boldizsar Violeta

Hosman Str. Văii, nr. 163 +40741 914 479 Hearth-baked potatoes bread, apples filled

bannock.

Moara Veche

Hosman, Str. Crucii nr.211 +40748 800 049 Bread

SC Panmed SAMediaşŞos. Sibiului,nr. 72

+40269 841 671

Potatoes bread, potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, semi-white bread, black bran bread, cheese/apple/cabbage/onion pie, traditional Mediaş sponge cake with walnuts/lokum/poppy seeds/raisins/cacao.

SC Bianco Pan SRL

NemşaNr. 55 +40269 257 706

Potatoes home-made bread, home-made bread with its crust beaten down, round white potatoes bread, traditional walnut sponge cake, cabbage/onion/cheese filled bannock.

IF Bereczki Ioan

Ocna SibiuluiStr. Mihai Viteazul, nr. 37

+40269 541 490

Potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, sponge cake with poppy seeds/raisins/lokum/walnuts, sweet cottage cheese wrap, apple pie.

Pal ŞtefanOcna SibiuluiStr. M. Viteazu, nr. 31 A

+40269 541 822 Traditional white bread, home-made bread with its crust beaten down.

SC Vladexim SRL

OrlatStr. Avram Iancu, nr. 102

+40269 553 690+40721 287 092

White potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, home-made bread, traditional walnut sponge cake.

SC Mari Pan SRL

RăşinariStr. Giurculeţ, nr. 720

+40269 557 367White/black home-made bread, home-made bread with its crust beaten down, naporojna.


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SC Vladexim SRL

SălişteStr. I. Lupaş, nr. 1251

+40269 553 690

White potatoes home-made bread, white potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, traditional walnut sponge cake.

SC Oana & Paul Prod SRL

Şeica MicăNr. 267 +40269 514 517

Traditional white/semi-white/black bread, traditional walnut sponge cake, simple home-made sponge cake.

SC Atena - Com SRL

Sibiu Str. Mărăşti,nr. 3A

+40269 427 356+40722 368 213

White potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, home-made bread.

SC Floris SRLSibiuStr. Lupeni,nr. 16

+40269 236 146

White potatoes bread, white potatoes bread with its crust beaten down, traditional semi-white potatoes bread, traditional walnut sponge cake.

SC Naty Prod SRL

Sibiu Str. A. France, nr. 40 Hearth-baked bread.

Sc Panificaţie Dobrun SA

SibiuStr. Dobrun, nr. 1 +40269 215 955 Home-made transylvanian bread, Păltiniş

bretzels, traditional sponge cake.

SC Simpa SA Sibiu Şos. A. Iulia, nr. 70 +40269 229 616 Peasant style bread, Sibiu bread, walnut

sponge cake, cabbage pie, black bread.

SC Pati Turean SRL

Şura MicăStr. Principală, nr. 99

+40269 557 160Traditional hearth-baked white bread, traditional white/semi-white bread, traditional walnut sponge cake.

SC Vitoşa SRL TălmaciuStr. I. Creangă, nr. 2 +40269 555 360 Traditional white/semi-white bread,

traditional walnut sponge cake.

SC Grewe SRL VeştemNr. 193 +40269 565 150

White potatoes home-made bread, white potatoes home-made bread with its crust beaten down, home-made transylvanian bread, sponge cake with walnuts/poppy seeds/raisins/lokum.

I.F. Bugner Voichiţa

VurpărStr. H.C şi Crişan, nr. 456

+40761 358 785

Hearth-baked home-made bread, home-made sponge cake, cabbage/onion/cheese filled bannock, home-made hearth-baked rolls.

Traditional Products from Sibiu CountyBakery producers

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Th e people of Sibiu are very hard-working people with a long tradition of crop growing both in the fi elds and in their home garden.

Th ey divide their gardens in two: on one side they plant cereals, on the

other vegetables and then they rotate the crops. In villagers’ gardens one will

always fi nd potatoes, beans, cabbage, cau-lifl ower, carrots, bell peppers, zucchinis, to-

matoes, cucumbers, turnips, pumpkins but also fl avoured herbs such as dill, lovage, mint, orache,

parsley, tarragon or wild garlic. Th ese last two are specifi c to this region; in traditional houses and restaurants the Tran-

Th e people of Sibiu are very hard-working people with a long tradition of crop growing both in the fi elds and in their home garden.

Th ey divide their gardens in two: on one side they plant cereals, on the

other vegetables and then they rotate the crops. In villagers’ gardens one will

always fi nd potatoes, beans, cabbage, cau-lifl ower, carrots, bell peppers, zucchinis, to-

matoes, cucumbers, turnips, pumpkins but also fl avoured herbs such as dill, lovage, mint, orache,

parsley, tarragon or wild garlic. Th ese last two are specifi c to this region; in traditional houses and restaurants the Tran-


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Vegetables, fruits and herbs


Novac Constantin Şeica Mare FN +40723 137 755 Bio vegetables

Did you know?

• In the county of Sibiu some villages have created famous “local brands” of special vegetables or fruits grown there. The Avrig sweet potato, the Moşna cabbage, the Ludoş cucumbers, the Sibiel, Cacova or Fântânele apples and the Cisnădioara cherries are just a few of them.

• The town of Moşna is famous for its delicious cabbage. They even have an annual Cabbage Festival in the first Sunday of October.

sylvanian pork soup is served with a bit of vinegar-preserved tarragon and the wild garlic is mostly used by the women from Mărginimea Sibiului. Besides the vegetables, in the lo-cal gardens you will also find fruits: strawberries, black, red and white currants, raspberries and rhubarb.

Every household has its own orchard with various assort-ments of apples, pears, plums, quinces, cherries, sour cher-ries, cherry plums and walnuts and on the village streets in front of their houses people plant plum and pear trees. From early spring to late autumn, the markets of Sibiu are full of fresh and tasty fruits and vegetables.


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From August to October the women of Sibiu are as busy as bees preparing preserves for the winter. Big, smartly decorated jars struggle to fi nd their place on

the pantry shelves. In winter time, all meals are ac-companied by preserved vegetables which are said to ease digestion, provide vitamins and give extra fl avour to all dishes.

Imagine a traditional pork roast with peasant style po-tatoes accompanied by a platter of pickled bell peppers, cucumbers, caulifl owers, green tomatoes or cabbage sea-

soned with tarragon or a bit of dill… a genuine feast of colours and fl avours. Th e pantry shelves are stacked with jars of vegetable spread, horseradish paste or hot peppers which go perfectly with a bowl of beef soup.

Nothing less can be said of jams and marmalades.

companied by preserved vegetables which are said to ease digestion, provide vitamins and give extra fl avour to all dishes.

Imagine a traditional pork roast with peasant style po-tatoes accompanied by a platter of pickled bell peppers, cucumbers, caulifl owers, green tomatoes or cabbage sea-

peppers which go perfectly with a bowl of beef soup. Nothing less can be said of jams and marmalades.


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Did you know?

• Horseradish paste is a specific Saxon product. It is prepared by mixing horseradish with a bit of vinegar, water, salt and honey and served with meats and sausages.

• The hip berry jam (Hetschenpetsch) was initially made by the Saxons living in the region of Sibiu. To prepare the actual jam, you need a hip berry paste which you get by separating the fruit from the seeds and then boiling it; the resulted paste is then passed through a sieve and baked in traditional ovens.


Albota Arpaşu de SusNr. 505 +40743 321 015

Blueberries/strawberries/blackberries jam, hipberry/plum jam, traditional vegetable spread.

II Cioran Mioara şi Emilian

NucetNr. 198

+40269 259 610+40744 618 865

Green baby walnut jam, sugar-free plum jam, vegetable spread, pickles.

SC Sitemani SRL

Sibiu Str. Ştefan cel Mare, nr. 193C

Vegetable spread, mushroom/carrot vegetable spread, plum jam, pickled cabbage in an oak barrel.

They are all prepared of the fruits harvested from people’s gardens and orchards or picked-up from the forest. The most common jams are made of cherry plums, plums, strawber-ries, bitter cherries, sour cherries, white currants, baby wal-nuts, red currants, berries and, of course, the customary hip berry jam.


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The centuries-old cohabitation of Romanians, Saxons and Hungarians in the region of Sibiu has strongly influenced the diversification of culinary recipes and the sweets are a significant example. Wherever you go in the area, your hosts will welcome you with delicious sweets made after old reci-pes inherited from their grandmothers.

The range of desserts is wide and it covers all tastes: hencles, Saxon sponge cake, fruit cakes, jam or honey cakes, sweet-sour rhubarb cake, plum, cabbage, onion pies or urda and dill pancakes. So let us invite you to a journey of tastes; don’t hesitate tasting everything – all sweets are natural, they are non-fattening and especially… who could say no to a freshly baked, nicely browned cake just taken off the bread oven?


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DessertsProducts & producers

Although the local climate is not very warm, there are nume-rous bee keepers in the area who travel to the warmer areas of our country in summer time. Be it multi-flower, acacia, lime, rapeseed, sunflower or chestnut honey, you may buy it from bee keepers anywhere in the county.

honey products

producers of honey and by-products


Wilhelm Tartler

HambaStr. Principală, nr. 50

+40269 543 609+40749 417 077 Honey, pollen, propolis.


SC MARVIO COMPANY SRL

AgnitaStr. Fabricii, nr.7 +40269 512 500 Hencleş, rhubarb pie, desserts.

SC Bianco Pan SRL

NemşaNr. 55 +40269 257 706 Sour cream and cottage cheese hencleş.

IF Bereczki Ioan

Ocna SibiuluiStr. M. Viteazul, nr. 37 +40269 541 490 Hencleş, gingerbread.

Sc Panificaţie Dobrun SA

SibiuStr. Dobrun, nr. 1 +40269 215 955 Hencleş, Lica wafers, Lica wafer cake.

I.F. Bugner Voichiţa

VurpărStr. H.C şi Crişan, nr. 456

+40761 358 785 Hencleş


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non-alcoholic BeVeragesThanks to the terraced, sunny hills and to the rich soil the people of the region of Sibiu could grow nice orchards, especially apple and plum orchards in several areas of the county. The natural apple juice from Slimnic and Mălâncrav is largely known for its nutritional values. Try also the natural berries syrups, the delicious fir-tree buds syrup or the elder-flower soft drink known as socata, sweetened with honey and prepared after ancient recipes. The locals still use various infused medicinal plants. If you ask for an herbal tea you will receive an energizing infusion of St. John’s wort, lime and mint with healing properties.

alcoholic BeVeragesFruits are also used to prepare alcoholic drinks. A rich table is not complete without some Tălmaciu or Sadu brandy drunk as appetizers. The liquors made of raspberries, blueberries or sour cherries are tasty, strong flavoured drinks with healing properties if consumed mod-erately; they are said to heal illnesses of the intestines or of the stomach.


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BeveragesProducts & producers

producers of non-alcoholic beveragesname address ContaCt ProduCts

Wilhelm Tartler

Hamba Str. Principală, nr. 50

+40269 543 609+40749 417 077 Apple liquor

SC ProMet SRL Mălâncrav Zona Livezii, nr. 86A

+40269 448 777+40753 056 181 Bio Mălâncrav apple juice

II Cioran Mioara şi Emilian

NucetNr. 198

+40269 259 610+40744 618 865 Hipberry sloe syrup

Ioan PăşcănuţSibiu Str. Poiana, nr. 6, bl. 40, ap. 25

+40744 510 654 Common sea-buckthorn syrup

producers of alcoholic beveragesname address ContaCt ProduCts

AF Veştemean Dumitru

Sadu Str. Ioan Săvoiu, nr. 1

+40269 568 378+40748 100 989 Sadu brandy

AF Veştemean Nicolae

TălmaciuStr. Râului, nr. 13 +40269 555 930 Tălmaciu brandy

Did you know?

• A man from Sibiu has been preparing a type of liquor said to treat stomach, lung and kidney diseases for 15 years. This is a special brandy in which he puts a viper or water snake.

• As soon as you enter Brateiu coming from Sibiu you will see aligned on both sides of the road the traditional brandy alembics made of copper by the Roma people from the village.


• ArpaşudeJos-The1st and 15th of the month• Agnita-daily• ApoldudeJos-onSunday• Avrig-daily• Cisnădie-daily• Jina-daily• Dumbrăveni-onSaturday• GuraRâului-onSunday• Mediaş-onThursday• MiercureaSibiului-onSaturday• Mîrşa-daily• Nocrich-February2,May5,October16

• Orlat-onThursday• PoianaSibiului-May5,July11,September 19; on Sunday• Răşinari-onSaturday• Sadu-daily• Sălişte-onMonday• Sibiu-daily(Cibin Market-Turnului Street, Rahova Market-Rahovei Street, Vasile Aaron Market-Semaforului Street)• Soroştin-lastSundayofthemonth• ŞeicaMică-March6,June21, November 8• Tălmaciu-daily• Tilişca-onSunday• Vurpăr-onSunday

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It feels so nice to wander through the local markets to find fresh produce, seasonal fruits and vegetables, home-made bread, cheeses and meat products to make up a picnic basket! In many of the villages of Sibiu the weekly market provides a nice venue to meet with the producers.

Markets anD fairs:


A mobile grocery market placed in front of the Transylvania Sports Centre from Sibiu - open every Saturday from 8.00 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on holidays with a special timetable.

The market was organized by the Sibiu County Council for the county locals who wish to sell their produce and for those who like to buy fresh, natural local produce.

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From January to December, each Saturday, Sibiu – The Transylvania Sports CentreThe transylvania Countrymarketwww.cjsibiu.ro

From April to October, on Saturday and Sunday, in the Dumbrava Sibiului Open-air Museum from Sibiu – The Countryside Fairwww.muzeulastra.ro

From June to September, each Friday, Sibiu – the Huet SquareThe Green Friday Fair of organic Products

From April to September, in different locationstransylvanian Brunchhttp://brunch.dordeduca.ro

gastronoMic eVents

Gastronomic events

the transylVania countryMarket


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June, SibiuHungarikum dayswww.szeben.ro

First weekend of July, Gura RâuluiThe Peony Festival +40269 572 001 - Gura Râului Town Hall

Last weekend of August, RăşinariThe Cheese and Ţuica Festival +40269 558 022 - The Tourist Information Centre

First Sunday of September, CornăţelFarmer’s day+40269 582 301 - Roşia Town Hall

First Sunday of October, MoşnaThe Cabbage Festival+40269 862 291 - Moşna Town Hall

October, HoghilagThe Wine Festival +40269 866 801 - Hoghilag Town Hall

October, AvrigThe Festival of Produce and traditions from Țara oltului+40269 523 163

BioCooP11, Avram Iancu St.Open: Monday-Friday, 10-18www.biocoop.ro

maGazin noe. Curat Culinar!ASTRA Parc, Sibiu - entry from Dr. Ioan Lupaş St.; Open: Monday-Friday - 10-18, Saturday 10-16Tel.: +40269 430 565culturnatur.ro/noe

stores with traDitional proDuce


SIBIU COUNTYTOURISM ASSOCIATION

This brochure was developed within the project “Culinar.Cult – Pro-motion of the Traditional Culinary Treasures of the Region of Sibiu for Sustainable Rural Development” financed based on the Decen-tralised Cooperation Agreement between the Sibiu County Council and the Ille-et-Vilaine General Council.

Partners: ASTRA National Museum, The County Directorate for Agri-culture, The „Ille et Vilaine-Sibiu” Friendship Association, The Sibiu County Tourism Association, The Association of Traditional and Or-ganic Food Producers from „Mărginimea Sibiului”.

SIBIU COUNTY TOURISM ASSOCIATION14 General Magheru St., 550185 - SibiuTel. / Fax: +40269 218 121E-mail: [email protected]; www.sibiu-turism.ro

Translation: Silvana Vulcan Photos: Adela Dadu, Daniel Secărescu, Irina Cristian, Laura Călinescu, Mihai Dragomir.Print: Honterus Sibiu; Print run: 3000 copies2013 - 2nd edition • Distributed freely

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