Traditional Moldovan dishes: mămăligă, sarmale, plăcinte, zeamă and more. What to buy and where it is cheaper right now.
Pârjoale are Moldovan patties of minced meat with onion, garlic and dill, pan-fried. A recipe for juicy patties: how to mix the meat, how to fry and how to serve with mash and pickled cucumbers.
18 October 2026 · 5 min readZacuscă is the Moldovan vegetable spread of roasted eggplant, peppers, onion and carrot. A detailed winter recipe: how to roast, how to cook it down to thickness, how to prepare jars and what to serve.
18 October 2026 · 5 min readGogoși are Moldovan yeast doughnuts: fluffy, golden, with a pale band round the middle. The dough, how to prove and fry them so they are neither greasy nor raw inside, and what to fill them with.
18 October 2026 · 4 min readColțunași are Moldovan dumplings with cottage cheese or potato, boiled and served with sour cream and fried onion. The dough, two fillings, shaping and boiling without burst edges.
18 October 2026 · 4 min readVărzare is the Moldovan plăcintă with stewed cabbage and onion on thin hand-stretched dough. A detailed recipe: how to stew the cabbage, stretch the dough and bake with no raw edges.
18 October 2026 · 5 min readPască is an Easter pie of yeast dough with a tender sweet cottage cheese filling, raisins and vanilla. Step-by-step recipe, tips for soft dough and a filling without cracks, storage.
18 October 2026 · 5 min readCozonac is the traditional Moldovan sweet bread of yeast dough with a walnut filling. A step-by-step recipe, secrets of fluffy dough and the prices of the ingredients in the catalogues.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readFasole bătută is a Moldovan fasting dish: a purée of white beans with garlic, oil and golden fried onion. How to cook the beans, beat the purée and what to serve with it.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readVarză călită is the Moldovan braised cabbage with onion, carrot and tomato paste. How to make it soft and slightly sweet, with or without meat, and what to serve it with.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readCiorbă de burtă is a thick, slightly sour soup of beef tripe with sour cream and egg yolks. How to prepare the tripe, how long to cook it, how to make the garlic-vinegar sauce and serve the soup.
18 October 2026 · 4 min readCiorbă de perișoare is a sour soup with meatballs, rice and vegetables. How to roll tender meatballs, what to sour the soup with and how to serve it with sour cream and hot pepper.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readTochitură is the Moldovan festive dish of fried pork and smoked sausage in a wine sauce. The recipe, serving with mămăligă, egg and cheese, and how to buy the meat cheaper.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readMici are Moldovan skinless sausages made from minced meat with garlic. How to mix the meat, why you need cold stock, how to cook them on the grill and in the oven.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readGhiveci is the Moldovan vegetable stew of aubergines, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. An oven recipe, the order for the vegetables, flavour secrets and a vegetable price comparison.
18 October 2026 · 4 min readPoale-n brâu are Moldovan cheese rolls with their "skirts tucked into the belt". A recipe with water-and-oil dough, the filling, the shaping and where to buy the ingredients.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readThin dough, sweet raw pumpkin, walnuts and raisins rolled into a coil: the Moldovan autumn plăcintă, the secrets of a juicy filling and where to buy the ingredients.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readPlăcinte with brânză made from thin water-and-oil dough: which cheese to pick, how to roll, how to fold an envelope and keep the filling in. Plus prices in the catalogues.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readZeamă is the soup Moldovans cure colds and feed guests with. A recipe with homemade noodles, a sour edge and fresh herbs, plus where to buy chicken and eggs cheaper.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readSarmale in pickled cabbage leaves: which mince to buy, how to keep the rice from going hard, how long to simmer and what to serve with them. Plus where to buy cheaper.
18 October 2026 · 3 min readReal cornmeal mămăligă: the right proportions, the right pot, thread instead of a knife and five ways to serve it. Plus where to buy the ingredients cheaper.
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