This week, we visit Finland and cook a vegan lanttulaatikko. This rutabaga casserole with nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger is a Finnish Christmas classic, continuing the theme set by our recent visit to Venezuela where we made vegan hallacas, a local Christmas favourite. Read on to learn more about Finnish cuisine […]
Eastern Europe
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For today’s visit to Bulgaria, we bake vegan tikvenik. Tikvenik is a traditional pumpkin and phyllo dough pastry spiced with cinnamon and often eaten at Christmas. The multiple layers of crispy phyllo dough, the cinnamon and the sweetness create a dish that reminds me a lot of baklava but with […]
This week we head north from The Democratic Republic of the Congo and find ourselves in Hungary in Eastern Europe. Here we prepare vegan langos, a delicious Hungarian street food. These deep fried dough pieces are found at many street vendors and food trucks, often frequenting different festivals and events […]
The main post for Romania details how to make sarmale, Romanian cabbage rolls based on fermented whole heads of cabbage. To save time but retain that special flavour you get with lactic acid fermentation, I decided to create my own recipe. Lactic acid fermentation is a very common method of […]
Situated at the shores of the black sea in the southern parts of Eastern Europe, Romania’s cuisine is closely related to that of its neighbours. A combination of Balkan foods with Turkish and Greek influences and uniquely Romanian dishes [1]–[4]. The cuisine uses a lot of different ingredients. Typical starches […]