Moldova recipes
Recipes from Moldova: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
Eastern Europe & Caucasus
How to Make Mămăligă: Moldova's Golden Cornmeal Porridge
Moldova's staple mămăligă for a home kitchen. How to choose medium-grind cornmeal, how to add the meal without lumps, the heat for stirring in a heavy pot, cutting with thread, eating it with tocană, storage and pan-frying leftovers, substitutes for feta and sour cream, and how to judge a scorched pot.
Eastern Europe & Caucasus
Pârjoale: Moldovan Oval Meat Patties
How to make Moldovan pârjoale at home with ground pork and beef, potato, and herbs: shaping the ovals, controlling moisture, pan-frying oil temperature, core temperature, fixes, storage, and serving with mămăligă.