Moldavian layered pie with hemp cream
This sweet pie is traditionally made on Christmas Eve in Eastern Romania. It's made of layers of flatbread soaked in a honey syrup and spread with a hemp seed filling.
Leek stew with olives (mâncare de praz cu măsline)
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- sunflower oilfor frying
- 2 large leekswashed and cut into round slices, green tops included
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 50ml white wine
- 200ml vegetable stock
- 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomoatoes
- 250g mixed olives, plain or marinated
- 2 lemonszested and juiced
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
step 1
Cover the base of a large frying pan with a thin layer of oil and heat well. Add the sliced leeks with a pinch of salt and the coriander seeds, and cook over a medium heat until well caramelised.
step 2
Pour in the wine and allow it to evaporate, then add the stock and the chopped tomatoes, and cook for 15 minutes on a low-medium heat. You can cover the pan with a lid, in which case you need to reduce the heat even more to a gentle bubble.
step 3
Add the olives, lemon zest and juice, and cook for 5 mins more. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Serve with bread, burghul wheat or rice.