A simple fasting recipe from Țara Maramureșului (Maramureș Land): dried forest mushrooms (hribi), boiled and mixed with fried onions, paprika and garlic. An autumn dish with a taste of the forest, from Ruscova.
🥣 Ingredients
- dried mushrooms
- salt
- oil
- onion
- paprika
- pepper
- garlic
👩🍳 How to prepare
Soak the dried mushrooms, then boil them in salted water and strain. Meanwhile, fry the onion with paprika and pepper. Separately, crush the garlic and mix it with the fried onions, then pour over the mushrooms.
📖 The story of the recipe
Recipe from Ileana Bilici, 46 years old, from Ruscova, a village in Țara Maramureșului, close to Vișeu. Dried mushrooms are prepared in autumn, after the forest mushrooms are dried for winter, and the garlic gives them a strong and healthy aroma.
🔍 What’s next
Find more traditional Maramureș recipes collected by the Maramureș Museum in Sighetu Marmației in the Gastro section of our newspaper. Also try the potatoes with fried onions and sauerkraut juice from Șieu.
Recipe source: Maramureș Museum Sighetu Marmației – Maramureș GastroEtnoArt. Photo source: Rețete Fel de Fel (Shutterstock).
