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Sour soups (ciorbe) and soups Meatballs sour soup Chicken soup with dumplings Sour soup with lamb, rice and tarragon Bean sour soup with pig’s feet, crushed red onion and vinegar Chicken soup with home made noodles Cabbage sour soup with pork Red orach sour soup Caraway soup Green salad sour soup Giblets sour soup Stuffed peppers sour soup Main course: Chicken Papricas with dumplings Slow cooked green beans (with tomatoes) Polenta (Mamaliga) with plum marmalade Potato stew with tarragon French fries with garlic and parsley White sauce mushroom stew (Ciulama) Pork greaves with red onions Transylvanian stuffed cabbage rolls (Sarmale) Salad á la Russe Polenta with sheep’s rennet cheese (Mamaliga cu Brânza de Burduf) White sauce lamb stew (for Easter) Pork fat boiled in sauerkraut brine Chicken liver with plenty of onion in a pan Beetroot with horseradish Pork shoulder with quince Cabbage á la Cluj Fresh Telemea cheese with green onions and tomatoes Walnut spread with garlic Baked potatoes stuffed with pork fat and cream Brasov Mititei (with sweet chilli pepper) Pork jelly Pancakes with Urda cheese, sour cream and dill in the oven Beans caviar with fried garlic Sandwich with bacon grease, red onions and beef gravy Bacon grease spread with Vegeta Stuffed eggs Pan-fried brains French toast with sugar and tea (or chocolate milk) Wild garlic dish Sarmale (minced meat rolled in grape vine or horseradish leaves) Spinach purée with sunny side up eggs Stuffed peppers Noodles and cabbage Slow roasted cabbage with bacon and sour cream Carp in brine Beef Gulash Transylvanian potatoes sautéed with onions and sweet chilli peppers Meatballs in tomato dip Polenta “Bulz” Duck with sauerkraut Green beans salad with sour cream and garlic Dracula’s Blood pudding Transylvanian sausage with garlic Pan-fried trout with boiled potatoes Roast chicken with dried plums and walnuts Lamb stew Wood-fired bread with potatoes “German” potato salad with mayonnaise, vinegar and onions Beef Osso Bucco with horseradish and sour cream Cabbage pie with sheep rennet cheese (Brânzã de burduf) Chicken thighs with French fries Beans and bacon blackpot Preserves Rhubarb jam Plum marmalade Sour cherry jam Quince jam Dog rose jam (spread on bread with sour cream on top) Zacusca Ceps Zacuscã Sauerkraut Pickled Gherkins with thyme Pickled cherry peppers Pickled green tomatoes Pickled cauliflower with garlic and carrots Beverages Elderflower cordial Sour cherry liqueur Liqueur Deserts “Dobos” Cake Apples frozen in hay with plum jam (for Christmas) Chocolate salami Floating island Sweet cheese Pita Cocoa cake with vanilla pudding and raspberry jam Apple dumplings with quince jam and sour cream “Timisoara” pancakes with sweet cheese, vanilla, orange zest and raisins Romanian donuts (Scovergi) Plum (pear, apple) cake with egg foam. Rhubarb cake Home made chocolate Semolina pudding with strawberry jam Rice pudding with cinnamon Noodles with crushed walnut Plum dumplings “Bombs” and “Fir Trees” with sour cherries Home made vanilla chocolate Éclair Honey-layered cake Cremsnit Granny’s pork fat croissants with jam and walnut Walnut sweet bread (Cozonac)