Pasca – Romanian Easter Bread. Sweet, soft, enriched yeast bread baked in a springform with a cheese filling inside After 7 weeks of fasting (abstinence from any kind of food derived from animals) with Good Friday being the absolute fast (we’re not allowed to eat or drink anything the entire day) comes Easter, one of…
Chocolate Swirl Bread
It’s been more than 24 hours since I took this bread out of the oven. My kitchen still smells like vanilla, orange and chocolate. The smell reminds me of holidays and family gatherings. This bread is probably one of the few traditional Romanian breads. It’s usually made at Christmas and Easter and family events, like…
Flatbread with roasted tomatoes
Flatbread with roasted tomatoes – easy to make and full of flavor from the tomatoes which are roasting while the bread bakes. I have lots of memories about my Grandma, but most of them involve bread baking. She loved baking bread for our big family. She’d start by sifting the flour in the big oval…
Romanian dried fruit swirl bread
A brioche like bread, rich from the butter and eggs with a soft crumb this dried fruit swirl bread baked around the holidays Today’s post is hard to write. I’ve had a couple of attempts but after few short sentences the teary eyes forced me to think of something else. I’m a very emotional person…