Mămăligă în Pături
Mămăligă în pături (layered ''mămăligă'', literally "mămăligă in blankets") is a traditional dish from the Maramureș region, in the north of Romania. The dish is made up of many layers of ''mămăligă'' alternating with layers of sour cream (''smântână''), butter, cheese and eggs like a mille-feuille. See also * Bulz * Cocoloşi * List of maize dishes * Tochitură Tochitură () is a traditional Romanian and Moldovan dish made from pork cut into small cubes, (tochitura comes from the verb "a topi" which means "melted slow fried meat in fat") cooked over low fire in its own fat and juices usually in a cast- ... * Notes and references {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamaliga in paturi Romanian dishes Maize dishes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Mămăligă
Mămăligă (;) is a porridge made out of yellow maize flour, traditional in Romania, Moldova and West Ukraine. Poles from the Lviv area also prepare this traditional dish. It is also a traditional dish in Thessaly and Fthiotis, Greece. In Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia and many other countries, this dish is known as polenta. History Historically a peasant food, it was often used as a substitute for bread or even as a staple food in the poor rural areas. However, in the last decades it has emerged as an upscale dish available in the finest restaurants. Roman influence Historically, porridge is the oldest form of consumption of grains in the whole of humanity, long before the appearance of bread. Originally, the seeds used to prepare slurries were very diverse as millet or einkorn. Before the introduction of maize in Europe in the 16th century, mămăligă had been made with millet flour, known to the Romans as ''pulmentum''. Corn's introduction in Romania Maize was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Maramureș
Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the surrounding Carpathian mountains. Alternatively, the term ''Maramureș'' is also used for the Maramureș County of Romania, which contains the southern section of the historical region. Name in other languages Alternative names for Maramureș include uk, Мармарощина (''Marmaroshchyna''), rue, Мараморош (''Maramoroš''), russian: Мармарош (''Marmarosh''), hu, Máramaros, german: Maramuresch or Marmarosch and la, Marmatia. Geography Maramureș is a valley enclosed by mountains Oaș, Gutâi, Țibleș and Rodnei (northern section of the Inner Eastern Carpathians) to the west and south ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Smetana (dairy Product)
Smetana (or ''smotana'') is a type of sour cream from Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is a dairy product produced by souring heavy cream. It is similar to ''crème fraîche'' (28% fat), but nowadays mainly sold with 9% to 42% milkfat content depending on the country. Its cooking properties are different from ''crème fraîche'' and the lighter sour creams sold in the US, which contain 12 to 16% butterfat. It is widely used in cooking and baking. Uses and distribution Smetana is also used in other central Central and Eastern European cuisines in appetizers, main courses, soups and desserts. For example, it may be blended with soups, vegetable salads, cole slaw, and meat dishes. It is served with dumplings (''pelmeni'', ''pierogi'', ''varenyky''), or with pancakes (''bliny'', ''palacsinta'', ''naleśniki'', ''oladyi'', ''syrniki''). It is also used as a filling in savoury pancakes. Smetana can be blended to a Liptauer-like cheese spread with quark (dairy product), qu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Mille-feuille
A (, "thousand-sheets"),The name is also written as and . also known by the names Napoleon, vanilla slice, and custard slice, is a dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. Its modern form was influenced by improvements made by Marie-Antoine Carême. Traditionally, a is made up of three layers of puff pastry (), alternating with two layers of pastry cream (). The top pastry layer is finished in various ways: sometimes it is topped with whipped cream, or it may be dusted with icing sugar, cocoa, pastry crumbs, or sliced almonds. It may also be glazed with icing or fondant alone, or in alternating white (icing) and brown (chocolate) or other colored icing stripes, and combed to create a marbled effect. History All the elements of the recipe are present in numerous cookbooks since at least the 16th century, but the exact origin of the is unknown. According to the ''Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets'', recipes from 17th century French and 18th century Engl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Bulz (food)
Bulz, also called urs de mămăligă, is a Romanian dish composed by roasting polenta (mămăligă) and cheese in an oven. Bulz is often eaten with sour cream. In June 2010, the town of Covasna established the record of the biggest bulz of the world with a length of 50 meters. This record was recognized by Guinness World Records. Serving examples File:Bulz și pastramă la grătar 01.jpg File:Bulz ciobănesc.jpg File:Bulz cu ou.jpg File:Bulz și pastramă la grătar 02.jpg See also * Cocoloşi * Mămăligă în pături * List of maize dishes * Notes and references Romanian dishes Maize dishes {{Romania-cuisine-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
List Of Maize Dishes
This is a list of maize dishes, in which maize (corn) is used as a primary ingredient. Additionally, some foods and beverages that are prepared with maize are listed. Ingredients Corn can be Food processing, processed into an intermediate form to be cooked further. These processes include drying, Mill (grinding), milling, and nixtamalization. * * * * * ** ** ** * * * Foods Soups, stews, and porridge Corn, in the form of cornmeal or kernels of fresh sweet corn, can be boiled or stewed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Ogi - Fermentation (food), Fermented cereal pudding from Nigeria, typically made from maize, sorghum, or millet * * Patasca - Peruvian hominy and meat soup * * * * * * File:Creamed corn.jpg, Creamed corn is a soup or sauce made by pulping the corn kernels and collecting the milky residue from the corn. File:Gritsonly.jpg, Grits is a ground-corn food of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American origin, tha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Tochitură
Tochitură () is a traditional Romanian and Moldovan dish made from pork cut into small cubes, (tochitura comes from the verb "a topi" which means "melted slow fried meat in fat") cooked over low fire in its own fat and juices usually in a cast-iron pot. It is traditionally served with over-easy eggs and mămăligă.Enache, D. ''Bucătăria unităților gastronomice'', Ed. Sport-Turism, București 1975 The ''tochitură moldovenească'' is the Moldavian version and the ''tochitură ardelenească'' is the Transylvanian version. Tochitură is made in two main varieties: with or without tomato sauce and can be made from beef, lamb or chicken (depends on the area - Moldova, Transilvania, Oltenia, Muntenia, Dobrogea). To not be confused with a stew, the amount of tomato sauce should be minimal (and usually added at the end) so the meat will cook in its own juices. The version with tomato sauce is the most common and it is prepared in most restaurants, but is less "traditional". The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Romanian Dishes
Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional foods **Folklore of Romania, Romanian folklore *Romanian (stage), a stage in the Paratethys stratigraphy of Central and Eastern Europe *''Românul, The Romanian'' newspaper *''The Romanian: Story of an Obsession'', a 2004 novel by Bruce Benderson * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |