A few simple, comforting recipes from our kitchen — with a little Romanian heart in each of them.
A simple, soft everyday cake — perfect with coffee.
Ingredients: 250 g flour, 2 eggs, 100 g sugar, 1 cup milk, 50 g cocoa, 100 g butter, 1 packet baking powder, a pinch of vanilla.
Method: Mix the butter and sugar, add the eggs and milk, then stir in the flour, cocoa, baking powder and vanilla. Pour into a lined tin and bake at 180 °C for about 30 minutes. Dust with cocoa before serving.
A fresh summer salad that reminds me of home — so simple and so good.
Ingredients: 2 ripe tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 1 small red onion, oil, vinegar, salt.
Method: Slice the tomatoes and cucumber, add fine onion rings, and season with salt, a little vinegar and a good splash of oil. Serve chilled with fresh bread.
Soft, thin pancakes the whole family loves for breakfast or dessert.
Ingredients: 200 g flour, 2 eggs, 300 ml milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, a pinch of salt, butter for the pan.
Method: Whisk everything into a smooth batter and rest for 10 minutes. Fry thin pancakes in a little butter until golden on both sides. Serve with jam, honey or melted chocolate.
