Stuffed pickled peppers are made with local seasonal vegetables. For making this preserve, my parents begin with covering their kitchen floor with plastic film and then start chopping the cabbage, carrots and onions.
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EGGPLANT ROUNDS
Of all the eggplant preserves, this one is my favorite. You can serve it on a slice of bread or as a snack in a bowl, or pair it with a dish of baked potatoes and sheep’s cheese.
HEALTH IN A JAR – CRUSHED SEA BUCKTHORN WITH SUGAR
Raspberry and sea buckthorn preserves are used as cold remedies in Moldova. I prefer to use sea buckthorn in my hot beverages as a preventive measure for winter bugs. Inspired by some Canadian sea buckthorn dishes, I may experiment and use it in marmalade, jelly and sauces.
FRIED PEPPERS WITH TOMATO STEW
When the peak of the growing season arrives for Moldovan bell peppers, every city and village smells of fried peppers. I think there’s no Moldovan who can pass by this summer food with indifference. I would classify the smell of fried peppers as one of our traditional smells.
EGGPLANT SALAD
Whether it’s cooked with tomatoes, onions and oil, or with garlic and mayonnaise, during the winter with canned eggplant or with fresh seasonal eggplant in the autumn – eggplant salad is still one of my favourites Moldovan vegetable dishes.
RICE AND PUMPKIN PORRIDGE
The pumpkin has always had a special place in our family, especially during the cold time of the year. Of all my family my father is the one who loves pumpkin the most.
PICKLED WATERMELON
Pickled watermelon will not leave anybody indifferent. It has an entire army of fans and another army of people who do not understand how such a sweet and tasty creation can be preserved for winter.
WINTER IS COMING… PREPARE YOUR PICKLED CABBAGE!
My winter medicine, my go-to food after intermittent fasting – pickled cabbage must be the only winter preserves recipe I took from my parents without panicking about the amount of jars, caps, and vegetables that need to be prepared during an entire day.
GHIVECI WITH SEASONAL VEGETABLE
This dish gathers the whole flavor of the Golden Moldovan autumn.
EGGPLANT ROLLS
We call these eggplant rolls “Limba soacrei” or “Mother–in–Law ́s Tongue”. This appetizer, made of thin eggplant slices stuffed with a spicy-garlic filling, resembles the “hotness” of unwanted advice from your mother–in–law. Of course, it’s nothing but a stereotype developed in time. In fact, mothers–in–
law are kind and loving. Even when they stick their noses in your business, they do it with good intentions.