Fast Romanian Desserts: 6 Ideas and Recipes

Who doesn't like desserts? Or what Romanian who went to the UK or any other country in this world does not remember the Sundays in the family when the mother or grandmother prepared something sweet? Well, desserts, Romanian sweets and snacks prepared in our homes have an unmistakable taste and are always appreciated by anyone who tastes them.

If you thought of impressing your friends with some wonderful dishes or you want to bring back a piece of your childhood, today we have prepared for you the recipes of the most beloved Romanian desserts that are prepared quickly. With us, in one store with Romanian products you will find all the ingredients you need to prepare them.

Let's get to work.

'Papanasi' with jam and cream

'Papanași' fried, with jam and cream are a traditional Romanian desert extremely popular throughout the country. Here's how you can prepare them yourself:

Ingredients needed:

• 250 g cottage cheese
• 3 tablespoons of flour
• 1 or
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of vinegar
• oil for frying
• 300 ml cream
• 1 cup jam (to taste)

Method of preparation:

Beat the egg well in a bowl. We add over the previously mixed bicarbonate with a teaspoon of vinegar.

Add the cottage cheese and mix well. Then add the flour gradually until it is all incorporated, mixing by hand.

From the resulting dough, shape a kind of donut with a hole in the middle and an equal number of balls from the same shell.

Heat oil in a large, deep non-stick frying pan. Fry both the donuts and the balls until they are nicely browned on each side.

Remove to a paper towel to drain, then garnish with cream and jam.

Milk with rice

The rice with milk dish is sure to remind Romanians of their childhood. This is a delicious dessert that is extremely simple and quick to prepare.

Ingredients needed:

• 500 ml of water;
• 250 g of rice;
• 500 ml of milk;
• 170 g of sugar;
• 2 tablespoons of butter;
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon;
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.

Method of preparation:

Bring the water to a boil in a non-stick pan. When the water is at the boiling point, add the rice, stir and cover the pot. Turn the heat from high to medium-low and let it cook until the rice absorbs the water.

Add the milk, mix a little and leave on the fire until it is also absorbed by the rice. Stir the rice from time to time to make sure it doesn't stick, but also to check if it's cooked.

Before serving, add over the rice with milk and the rest of the ingredients: sugar, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Plum dumplings

If you follow the steps in this recipe, you will get the most delicious dumplings with plums, an unmistakable Transylvanian desert.

Ingredients needed:

• 300 g of potatoes
• high
• 30 ml of oil
• 1 or
• 100 g of flour
• 12 small plums
• 50 g of butter
• 50 g of breadcrumbs
• powdered sugar
• ground cinnamon
• vanilla sugar

Method of preparation:

Let's start the plum dumpling recipe! Boil the potatoes in salted water for 30 minutes. Open the plums and remove the pits, then let them drain.

Boiled potatoes are peeled, crushed and mixed with oil. When the plum dumpling mixture has cooled, add the flour and egg. Mix until a homogeneous dough is obtained, then divide into 12 pieces. Put a pot with 2 l of water on the fire, in which salt is added.

Cover the drained plums with dough. Dredge in flour and place all the dumplings with plums in the boiling water one by one. Let it boil on low heat for 10-15 minutes, with the pot covered, then turn off the heat and leave it in hot water, covered, for another 15 minutes.

Brown the breadcrumbs in butter in a hot pan. The dumplings with boiled plums are removed from the water and left to drain. Cover with breadcrumbs, then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and serve.

Biscuits roll

Biscuits roll is an aromatic, crunchy and extremely tasty dessert. This is one of the oldest desserts that has preserved its authentic taste and flavor over time. Here's how easy it is to prepare:

Ingredients needed:

• 250 g biscuits
• 250 g of sugar
• 100 g
• 50 g cocoa
• 120 ml of milk
• 120 g golden raisins
• rum essence
• powdered sugar

Method of preparation:

Boil 60 ml of milk and sugar in a bowl to obtain a syrup, then add the butter. Stir vigorously to melt it.

The cocoa is dissolved in the rest of the milk, then mixed with the buttercream and brought to a boil.

Crush the biscuits, put them in a bowl with the raisins and pour in the hot syrup and rum essence. Mix the composition.

A layer of powdered sugar is sprinkled on a food foil and the biscuit mixture is placed. It is rolled, forming a roll that tightens well at the ends. Refrigerate, preferably overnight.

When it's cold, you can serve it with ice cream or chocolate syrup and you'll enjoy the most flavorful biscuit salami.

Waist up

'Poale-n brâu' are Moldavian pies famous all over the world for their authentic and wonderful taste. You have surely heard of them or tasted them at least once. Here's how you can prepare them yourself:

Ingredients needed:

For yeast dough

• 500 g of flour
• 200 ml of milk
• 3 eggs
• 100 ml of oil
• 200 g of sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 25 g of yeast

For the filling

• 350 g cottage cheese
• 150 g of sugar
• 2 sachets of vanilla sugar
• 1 vial of rum or vanilla essence
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of semolina, approximately

For anointed

• 1 yolk
• 3 spoons of milk

Method of preparation:

Heat the oven to 200 degrees and grease a large tray with oil.

Dissolve the yeast in warm water and mix with 2 tablespoons of sugar, then leave to dissolve for 10 minutes.

Mix the milk with the eggs, the oil, the rest of the sugar and the flavors. We add a pinch of salt and the dissolved yeast, then gradually incorporate the flour and knead the dough well, until it becomes a little porous.

Grease a large bowl with oil, place the ball of dough, covered with a layer of oil and a cloth, and leave to rise until doubled in size.

The cheese filling is prepared, so that the semolina is poured in last, which is also adjusted according to how dense you want the cream to be at the end.

Roll out the ball of leavened dough with a rolling pin and cut it into squares, which are filled with cream cheese and folded at the corners, which are pressed on top, like an envelope.

Mix the eggs with the milk for the glaze and brush over the top of the pies with a cooking brush.

Put the pies in the oven for about 30 minutes, then brush them with sugar water and dust them with sugar or not.

Apple pie - the traditional recipe

Apple pie is the dessert of childhood for many people. This is a dish that is very simple to make and is quite cheap. Here's how you can enjoy the taste of this dish:

Ingredients needed:

For countertops

• 500 g of flour;
• 200 g soft butter/lard;
• 100 g cream;
• 1 or;
• 150 g of sugar;
• 2 vials of vanilla sugar;
• 10 g of baking powder;
• 1 pinch of salt;

For the filling

• 1,5 kg apples;
• 3 spoons of sugar;
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;

Method of preparation:

We start with the filling, so that it has time to cool while we deal with the dough.

To make the apple pie filling, wash the apples, grate them. Temper them in a non-stick pan with 3-5 tablespoons of sugar. Add the cinnamon after 5 minutes. Stir occasionally and, when the juice evaporates, you can take it off the heat and let it cool.

Let's move on to the dough:

In a large bowl, rub the butter with the sugar. Add the vanilla essence and egg, then beat gently until creamy. Add the cream, mix until smooth.

Separately, to prepare the apple pie dough, combine the flour with salt and baking powder then add to the cream mixture above, mixing well with a wooden spoon. When the resulting dough hardens and cannot be mixed with a spoon, knead by hand.

When the apple pie dough is no longer sticky, divide it into 2 equal balls. Sprinkle flour on the table and spread one of the 2 balls with a rolling pin (enough to cover the tray in which you want to make the pie). Place the first sheet in the pan and place the filling on top.

Roll out a second ball of dough (exactly as you did with the first) and then cover the filling in the pan with it.

Put the pan in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until you notice that the dough is baked.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of the pie, and the dish is ready.

With us you can find the whole range of staple foods, so now is the right time to prepare the best desserts!

Bon appetit!