罗马尼亚晚餐

昨晚请邻居一家来吃饭。他们家的经历很有趣－－邻居爸爸是墨西哥长大的美国人，祖父母从西班牙南部搬来美墨边界；邻居妈妈来自罗马尼亚；两人在巴黎相识相爱结婚，有小孩后搬回墨西哥，但因为社会不稳定，又搬来美国。邻居妈妈英文很流利，还因为这些年的国际迁徙，法文和西班牙文也练得顶呱呱。我和她成为朋友才知道原来罗马尼亚虽然处于东欧，却是一支被斯拉夫语系各国环伺的拉丁奇葩，难怪她学法语西语都有优势。她妈妈每年也从罗马尼亚来这里住半年，老太太优雅美丽，超有气质。

邻居妈妈知道我喜欢煮各国美食，特意把她妈的家传菜谱翻译了几篇给我。真是感动！照猫画虎一番。

罗马尼亚菜用好多醋，酸菜，酸奶油，真是个爱吃酸的国家。

魔鬼蛋
做了两盘。不过邻居说，魔鬼蛋不管做多少都不嫌多啊。大家都很捧场。

6 eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon horseradish mustard
2 tbsp finely chopped onion
pinch of salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Smoked Spanish paprika, for garnish
做法：煮蛋，然后把蛋黄和其他料一通搅拌，再填回去。

凉拌烧甜椒

做法很简单，就是450度烤红椒三十分钟，剥皮，加一点醋，油，蒜泥。

马铃薯沙拉

这道源自俄国的马铃薯沙拉，罗马尼亚名字是Salata de Boeuf，牛肉沙拉，不过我用ham。准备起来有点费时费事，可是很讨喜，我老公超爱这道菜啊。
2 chicken breast, or beef, or ham, cooked, diced
2 large baking potatoes, cooked,diced
1 cup carrots,boiled,diced
1 1/2 cups diced pickles
1 1/2 cups peas
6 eggs, boiled,diced
1tbsp mustard
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups mayonnaise

白豆汤

1 lb white beans
2 big onion
2 big carrot
2 small parsnip
one small celery root
1 red pepper
2 tsp of sweet paprika
2 tbsp of tomato paste
a pinch of dried thyme
白豆先用开水煮十分钟，倒掉水重新和其他料一起下去煮就是了。喝这个汤还要另外配酸黄瓜和撒盐的生洋葱。冬天这样来一碗暖暖的汤很满足啊。

高丽菜卷 Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

这是罗马尼亚的国菜，是过节的必备菜。传统的菜卷是用醃漬好的高麗菜。我买不到，邻居妈妈教我用1/4杯白醋下去煮。
这道菜太亲切了，以前我在加拿大上高中时候，我妈也常做高丽菜卷，不知道是她跟哪个加拿大朋友学的。如今我也是两个小朋友的妈妈了，一边包包卷卷，心里满满都是妈妈的爱心。邻居妈妈特意叮嘱最好提前一天做好，第二天吃前再热，味道更好。这个菜因为用很多酸菜，一打开味道好冲啊，没想到小朋友居然超爱，抢着吃呢。
1 pickled cabbage
2 tbsp butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, minced
1 lb ground pork
1/2 cup rice
1 egg
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
3/4 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 lb. sauerkraut, rinsed
4 slices thick-cut bacon
Carefully remove the cabbage leaves.
Cook garlic, onion in melted butter until soft. Transfer onion mixture to a bowl and add pork, rice and egg. Season with salt and pepper, add thyme and parsley.
Working with one cabbage leaf at a time, put 1/4 cup of the meat filling in the center of cabbage leaf, wrap the leaf around to cover meat and tuck the sides. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
Heat oven to 350°. Combine chicken stock and tomato paste. Put half the sauerkraut and bacon into the bottom of a 13x9 inch baking dish. Arrange the stuffed cabbage rolls over the sauerkraut and bacon; pour the tomato mixture over the top. Cover with sauerkraut, bacon and tomato mixture. Cover with aluminum foil, and bake for 2 hours. Serve with sour cream.
这是烤前（还没放最上层的酸菜。白白胖胖，很可爱吧？）


蘑菇烧鸡

又是我老公喜欢的，蘑菇烧鸡很好吃喔！
4 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. mushrooms, sliced
salt and pepper
1 lb. chicken, diced
4 tbsp flour
3 cups chicken stock
4 tbsp sour cream
Melt 2 tbsp of butter, add chicken and sear on all sides. Add onion and mushrooms and cook until chicken is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat remaining butter with flour, splash in chicken stock and mix well. Remove from heat and mix in sour cream. Add the mixture into the mushrooms and chicken pan, stir to combine. Serve warm.

番茄烧四季豆

酸酸甜甜，还蛮好吃的。
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 large clove minced garlic
1 lb green beans, rinsed and trimmed
1 lb Roma tomatoes, chopped
1/2 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons vegeta
1 teaspoon red-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon pitted kalamata olives, minced
1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
Cook onions in oil until soft, add garlic and green beans. Stir in tomatoes, oregano and vegeta, simmer gently until green beans are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in vinegar, olives and pepper until well combined. Serve hot or cold.

凉拌高丽菜

1/4 of large red cabbage
1 apple, cut into matchsticks
2-3 TBS vegetable oil
4 TBS cider vinegar
1/2 tsp kosher salt
freshly ground pepper
高丽菜先用盐擦，静置一小时后再挤水。再把其他料加入拌匀就好。

玉米糊

4 cups water
1 cup coarse corn meal
salt to taste
butter/cheese, optional
我用我家的thermomix一直给它搅拌，大概三十分钟吧，谁知道凉下来后居然整个结块。

甜点：罗马尼亚苹果核桃蛋糕

这个甜点倒是我自己在网上搜到的。大家都很喜欢，很好吃喔。
4 braeburn apples 
12 oz all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 eggs
13.5 oz sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup buttermilk - a few tbs more if needed to thin out the batter.
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbs pure vanilla extract
Preparation -
Apples - Peel the apples. Cut off top & bottoms.
Quarter the apples. Cut away the cores. Cut each quarter into 2-3 wedges, each being a little thinner than 1/2". Set aside.
Chopped walnuts - Add 1 tbs flour into the walnuts. Toss to coat thoroughly. For some darnedest reason, this stops the nuts from settling to the bottom of the cake.
Flour mixture - In a mixing bowl, add the flour along with the cinnamon and baking soda. Stir to combine.
Cooking method -
In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs & sugar. With a hand immersion blender (or in your kitchen-aid) blend till thoroughly mixed.
Add the vegetable oil, ground cinnamon & vanilla extract. Once again blend till thoroughly mixed. You will have to make sure that the oil has completely emulsified and should no longer be floating on the surface.
Add the flour mixture and fold by turning the bowl as you turn the batter with a rubber spatula the till  completely blended. Stop as soon as the entire mixture is a rich brown through & through. Do not overwork the batter.
To the batter, add the walnuts and 1/2 the quantity of apples. Add the buttermilk & fold again till thoroughly blended. 
Spray a 9-10" non-stick spring foam pan with non-stick baking spray. Pour in the batter. Use the remaining wedges and push them cut side down into the batter radially till they are all used up.
No need to fuss too much about the placement. Its going to look fine once baked. You may have to push some of the apples mixed in the batter deeper to make room for the decorative wedges on top.
Bake in a preheated oven for about 55 - 65 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean when pierced into the center of the cake.
Allow it to cool for about 1/2 hour. Then remove the spring foam pan sides. Allow to cool completely before serving.

黑莓薄饼

邻居老太太亲自做的crepe薄饼，里面填馅是blackberry jam。现场表演，很快一下下就做好了，香甜软嫩得不得了。

开饭了！

[lepton]

谢谢几位的鼓励！koelle，保加利亚和罗马尼亚是邻居，想来他们这些甜点都是亲戚。呵呵。

[koelle]

黑莓饼看着亲切，当年俺的一个保加利亚同学也喜欢做那个，味道还不错

[Kaile]

吃得真狠啊！

[Redcheetah]

nice!