Mel and I went to Doamna Maria's house today (Liana's Mama)for our next lesson in Romanian cooking. This time we make Cozonac and Lique. It was a long day of cooking but what a great experience. When we got there we had breakfast. This breakfast was very traditional. We had slanina (solid porc fat) with hot peppers and pickles. Doamna Maria also brought out her homemade rosehip jam and bread. After we had thoroughly relaxed and finished our breakfast the cooking began. Cozonac is similar to cinnamon swirl bread but instead has nuts and cocoa in it. Cozonac is the bread that is served on any special occasion in Romania and we were learning to make it from one of the best. We also made a desert called Lique. This is done by taking some of the Cozonac dough and layering it with gris, apples, and a sour cream mixture and baking it. We did all of this by hand (Mel has a few blisters). I will add a picture album so you can see some of what we did to make it.
We took time out for lunch which was a delicious homemade soup similar to Navy Bean soup. We also had a cold pasta dish which was macaroni with a little pesmet, ground walnuts, and cinnamon sprinkled on top. I am going to give you a simple recipe that we watched Tata make while we were there. I made it today and it is very good and very healthly. I am going to call it Tata's Winter Salad.
1/2 celery root- grated
4 carrots- pealed and grated
5 apples- pealed and grated
Squeeze the juice out of the grated ingredients. (This is great to drink)
Mix in a carton of natural yogurt (strawberry is good)and a heaping tablespoon or two of honey. Mix and eat.
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