🥣 Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- sugar
- milk
- flour
- butter
- sour cream
- cheese (cottage or feta-style)
- lictari (plum magiun/jam)
👩🍳 Preparation
Make an Easter bread-like dough from 2 eggs, sugar, milk, flour, butter and sour cream. After the dough has leavened, roll out a sheet and add the filling: cheese and lictari (plum magiun). Fold the sheet and bake in the oven until golden brown.
📖 The story behind the recipe
This wedding pie recipe comes from Maria Lazăr, aged 80, from Giulești, Maramureș. It was traditionally prepared for weddings and major holidays, being an essential festive dessert on Maramureș tables. The combination of sweet cheese with plum magiun (lictari) is specific to the area and gives the pie a unique sweet-sour taste.
The recipe is part of the “Maramureș GastroEtnoArt” collection of the Maramureș Museum in Sighetu Marmației.
🔍 What’s next
If you enjoyed this traditional recipe, try the Sour creamy salad from Călinești, or explore all our traditional recipes in the Gastro section.
Recipe courtesy of the Maramureș Museum Sighetu Marmației – Maramureș GastroEtnoArt.
Photo source: Gatesc.ro / Janinasi