Stuffed Roast

Well, here is another recipe I just tried out this week! This one is a bit more complicated, but not very. It is actually called a meat roll, but in English, it makes more sense to call it stuffed roast. This is a super flavorful dish! Enjoy! :D

Ingredients:
2 lbs. Roast Beef, uncooked
2 c. mushrooms (you can use a can of mushrooms, cuts out a step :D)
2 c. lunch meat, ham, cut in squares
2 eggs
1 c. sour cream
2 c. mozzarella, grated
1 sm-md onion, chopped
salt
pepper
parsley
soy sauce
bag for baking (like sometimes is used for turkeys)
several toothpicks

1. Cut the roast through the middle horizontally, but don't cut it all the way through. You want to make a type of pocket that will be folded over when the stuffing is put into it.
2. Pour the soy sauce over that and let it marinate several hours in the fridge.
3.Just before you're ready to stuff the meat and put it in the oven, mix the rest of the ingredients together. Add salt, pepper and parsley to taste.
4. Spread out the meat. Spread the stuffing mix on one half of the meat and pull the other half of the meat over on top of it. Secure with the toothpicks.
5. Place the meat in the baking bag. Pour just a tad of olive oil over the meat. Seal up the bag.
6. Bake for 1 hour at 350* (depending on your oven)
7. You can serve it with sour crout, pickles, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, etc.

Romanian Dessert

Well, this is the most recent recipe that I experimented with. It is great! And, for those of you who are short on time, money or a stove, this is awesome! All you need is a microwave and a refrigerator!

Chocolate Log Cookies

Ingredients:
5/8 c. water or milk, 1 c. sugar, 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, 2 1/2 c. + 2 3/4 c. crushed animal crackers or graham crackers, 1/2 c. coconut shavings, 1/2 c. raisins, 2 Tbsp. cocoa

1. Boil the water and sugar until it turns to syrup.
2. Add the butter and let it melt.
3. Pour this mix into a medium to large sized bowl.
4. Add the 2 1/2 c. animal crackers and the rest of the ingredients. Mix well.
5. Add the last 1/2 of the animal crackers.
6. Spread 1/2 the mix on 14-18 inches of cellophane.
7. Fold the cellophane so that you can roll the mix long ways. Smoosh it firmly into a log.
8. Repeat with the other 1/2 of the mix.
9. Put it into the refrigerator 3-4 hours, or until ready to serve.
10. Cut into 1/4 inch slices (like cookies) and serve.

These are so good you won't be able to stop with just one! Pofta buna!

Taste of Romania, Stuffed Peppers

We thought we would give those interested a chance to try some new things. Get a bit of a taste of Romania without ever leaving home. Every once in a while we'll add some recipes to our blog. They will be things that we've cooked and tried. The new dish that we tried just today was stuffed bell peppers. Try it! You just might like it! :D And, as we say here, "Pofta buna!" (Enjoy!)



Ingredients:

6-8 med. bell peppers, any color
1 sm. onion, diced
oil, for frying the onion
1 lb. ground meat (I used chicken, but you can use pork, beef, deer, whatever you have on hand)
1/2 cup rice
1 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
parsley, to taste
dill, to taste
1 sm. can tomato paste
water, to make the paste thinner
salt to taste for the sauce

1. Wash and clean the peppers of their seeds by cutting a hole in the top and scraping out the seeds and insides..
2. Saute the onion in the oil until the color becomes almost transparent.
3. Mix the meat, onion, rice, salt, pepper, parsley, dill and water well.
4. Fill the peppers with the meat mix.
5. Place the filled peppers in a 9x13 pan.
6. Mix the water and tomato paste together.
7. Pour over the stuffed peppers until the peppers have about 1/2 - 1 inch sticking out above the water.
8. Cover well with aluminum foil.
9. Bake 40-50 minutes at 300-350* F. (Or until meat is cooked through)
10. Serve hot with sour cream, bread, as a tomato soup with the peppers as a side, etc.

Serves: 3-4