main course

1. Baked trout with sour cream

 Ingredients:

6 trout grooms
400 g cream
100 ml oil
1 small onion
1 clove of garlic
One leg. dill
lemon
salt
pepper

Preparation:

Clean the fish, wash and drain water well. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then fry about 4-5 minutes on each side in oil, then place in a deep tray.
Finely chop the dill, garlic and onion, mix with sour cream and pour over the fish composition in the tray.
Place pan in oven and bake fish hot heat for 30 minutes or until nicely browned on top.
Serve hot trout, once you’ve removed from the oven.

Trout nutritional value

Trout is low in fat and cholesterol and a good source of protein, which makes him a good choice for a healthy diet. Our bodies require a certain amount of protein daily and the body does not store protein so we need to replenish it in our daily diet. Trout are a good source of B vitamins and oil-rich fish are a good source of vitamins A and D. Trout is a oil-rich fish, so is an excellent source of Omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential to our diet. Omega-3 fatty acids cannot be manufactured by the body so it is important that we bring them into our diet and eating oil-rich fish provides the Omega-3 fatty acids we need. Some of the benefits of the Omega-3 oil in fish are shown below:

• Reduces the risks of heart attacks.
• Makes the blood flow easier through the body, reducing blood pressure.
• It is felt that it helps the heart beat steadier and reduces the chances of suffering from a stroke.
• Some experts think that it can help prevent cancer cells from developing to the tumor stage.
• It is also thought to reduce the inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
• Omega-3 fatty acids can also help in development of the brain, nerves and eyesight.

2.  Potatoes with sour cream  

Ingredients:

 2 lbs / 1 kg new potatoes

2 tablespoons butter or lard

1 tablespoon chopped dill

1 cup sour cream

Salt

Preparation:                        

 Peel the potatoes and set to boil with 1 cup of water and a little salt, for 10 minutes.  Add butter and sour cream and simmer until the liquid is reduced to half.  Shake the pan every now and then while the potatoes are simmering.

After the potatoes are done, add chopped dill and bake for 10 minutes.

Nutritional value

Potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables because they are nutritious, easy to prepare, and very versatile. They’re rich in complex carbohydrates that can supply energy, but not all that high in calories because they’re low in fat and protein.

When balanced with a lean protein and colorful vegetables, a potato with sour cream can be a nutritious meal addition.

3. Tochitură

 Ingredients:

900 g boneless pork butt

250 g smoked sausage

1 red bell pepper, finely chopped

1 green bell pepper, finely chopped

1 yellow onion, finely chopped

2 tomatoes, finely chopped

6 garlic cloves, minced

salt and black pepper

5 tablespoons vegetable oil

1/2 cup water

 Preparation:

Dice the pork butt and smoked sausage into 1 inch pieces. Dice smoked sausage into 1/2 inc pieces. Add vegetable oil and 1/2 cup of water into a large skillet. Heat over medium temperature until oil is hot. Add the pork, allowing meat to cook for approximately 1 hour. In the meantime you make the polenta (mamaliga). Follow the directions on how much water to add depending on how much polenta you want. Bring the water with salt to boil, turn the fire low and pour in the flower, stirring with a whisk. Let it boil for around 15 minutes. Add all the vegetables to the meat mixture and continue to cook, stirring occasionally. Fry an egg and put on top of the cooked polenta. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve meat mixture and polenta with egg together. 

Tochitura is one of the most popular Romanian dishes and head of the list on restaurant menus with specialties. The Romanians’ appetite for cooked mix could not be limited to one day a year, so went to the restaurant menu. 

4. Chicken soup (Radauti Soup)

Ingredients:

 500 g of poultry

(we recommend poultry without  bones  it will be easier)

3 onions

3 carrots

a pepper or red pepper

a small celery

400-500 g of sour cream

2-3 lemons

2-3 pieces of garlic

salt, pepper, laurel leaves

 Preparation:

 Put the poultry in cold water in a 4-5 liter pot – the water level should be just above the poultry, not more. Let it boil for a bit until you manage to take out the scum. Then add two whole onions, the carrots, a half of the pepper and the celery also whole. Add some salt and pepper and put some more hot water. You should boil the water separately – don’t use cold water as it hardens the meat, nor hot water from the tap, it’s not drinkable water. Let it boil at an average flame until the meat is almost boiled. Then take the meat out and cut it in small pieces. The whole, boiled vegetables also need to be taken out. You will only keep the carrots – cut then into small pieces too. Put the pot back to boil and add the meat and carrots in it. Then add the remaining raw onion, that you will cut in small pieces too, the same with the other half of the pepper.Let it boil for five or ten more minutes and add salt and pepper to your taste. Then pour the sour cream in and let it boil a bit more. Check to see if the onion pieces are boiled – if they are, add the lemon juice. You can use one, two or three lemons for this, depends on how sour you want the soup to be. After that let it boil just a bit more and that’s it. At the end you can add some minced parsley. In a separate bowl mince the garlic and mix it with a bit of mineral water. You can add this mixture to each plate with soup. If you’re planning to eat the entire quantity of soup in one day, you can add the garlic into the pot at the end. But it’s preferable to keep it separately and each of your guests can choose whether to add garlic or not. In any case, if you add garlic to the entire soup, it will turn the soup blue overnight.

Nutritional value

Chicken is a source of protein that can come with or without skin and it can be white or dark meat. When it comes to its nutritional value, chicken also has some other vitamins and minerals like calcium, potassium.