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Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. Moldova's capital and largest city is Chișinău.

Featured Dishes from Moldova

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Brânzoaică

Sweet cheese pastry

Bread

Bread

Cheese

Cheese

Coffee

Coffee

Cold cuts

Cold cuts

Cucumber

Cucumber

Eggs

Eggs

Juice

Juice

Kulich

Kulich

Easter bread or cake, eaten before breakfast during Easter, or with paskha for dessert

Oladyi

Oladyi

Small fluffy pancakes, may contain apples, raisins, and topped with, for example, smetana, honey, berries, jam, caviar

Orez cu lapte

Orez cu lapte

Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

Syrniki

Syrniki

Fried quark pancakes, sometimes includes raisins, serve with, for example, tejföl, varenye, jam, honey, apple sauce

Tea

Tea

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Yogurt

Yogurt

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Zapekanka

Casserole, cheesecake or coffee cake, can be savory or sweet, there are many different ways to prepare this dish

Alivenci

Alivenci

Sweet or savory cornmeal cake, made with urdă or telemea cheese, smetana or tejföl

Apple pie

Apple pie

Baklava

Baklava

Layered phyllo pastry with nuts and syrup or honey

Biskvit

Biskvit

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Brânzoaică

Sweet cheese pastry

Cake

Cake

Charlotte Russe cake

Charlotte Russe cake

No-bake layered spongecake or lady finger cake with Bavarian cream, whipping cream, berries, fruit, mousse, brandy

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Coltunasi cu visine

Dumplings filled with cherries

Cornulețe

Cornulețe

Crescent-shaped pastries filled with jam, Turkish delight, chocolate, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon sugar

Cozonac

Cozonac

Sweet leavened bread, common during Easter, Christmas, New Year's, Pentecost

Eklerki

Eklerki

Oblong-shaped choux pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

Gogoși

Gogoși

Yeasted doughnuts

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Gris cu lapte

Semolina pudding

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Khvorost

Khvorost

Crispy fried dough ribbons, topped with powdered sugar

Kiev cake

Kiev cake

Cake with meringue, cashews, buttercream filling and chocolate glaze

Kissel

Kissel

A thickened fruit soup or fruit jelly, for example, cherry, cranberry, red currant, blackberries, raspberries

Kulich

Kulich

Easter bread or cake, eaten before breakfast during Easter, or with paskha for dessert

Medovik

Medovik

Multi-layered sponge cake with custard cream filling

Morozhenoye

Morozhenoye

Muraveynik cake

Muraveynik cake

An anthill-shaped cake made with small dough balls mixed with sour cream, caramel, nuts, poppy seeds, chocolate many variations

Napoleon cake

Napoleon cake

Layered puff pastry and pastry cream

Oreshki

Oreshki

Walnut-shaped cookies filled with caramel, chocolate, nuts

Orez cu lapte

Orez cu lapte

Papanasi

Papanasi

Sweet cheese doughnuts, serve with sour cream and jam

Pastila

Pastila

Whipped apple paste confection

Pechenye

Pechenye

Placinta

Placinta

Sweet or savory pastry or pie, made with phyllo dough filled with a variety of fillings such as meat, brinza cheese, brinza and tejföl, cabbage, potatoes, apples, sour cherries, pumpkin

Ponchiki

Ponchiki

Poppy seed rolls

Poppy seed rolls

Sweet rolls with a poppy seed filling, serve with tea

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Prajitura cu visine

Sour cherry cake

Pryanik

Pryanik

Spiced honey cookies

Ptichye moloko

Ptichye moloko

Sponge cake with milk souffle or mousse and topped with chocolate

Ptichye moloko

Ptichye moloko

Sponge cake with milk souffle or mousse and topped with chocolate

Sfintisori

Sfintisori

Moldavian sweet dough rolls formed in a figure 8 and topped with a sweet honey walnut paste, eaten once a year on March 9th to celebrate the Christian feast 40 Martyrs of Sevastia

Sharlotka

Sharlotka

Trifle dessert made with sponge cake or ladyfingers with fruit or custard, topped with chocolate or gelatin

Strudel

Strudel

Filo pastry with a sweet filling such as apple, fruit, nuts, cheese, poppy seeds, there are also savory strudels

Turta dulce

Turta dulce

Gingerbread cookies, cake, houses

Varenye

Varenye

Whole-fruit preserves

Zefir

Zefir

Light and airy sugar confections with fruit flavors such as apple, peach, strawberry

Zhele

Zhele

Jellied fruit or jam

Ayran

Ayran

Salted yogurt beverage

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52 - Mixed drink made with coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur and Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur, serve in a shot glass, IBA official cocktail

Băbească neagră

Băbească neagră

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

Red grape from Bordeaux, France, a cross between Cabernet France and Sauvignon Blanc

Champagne

Champagne

Chisinau

Chisinau

Coffee

Coffee

Cognac

Cognac

Divin

Divin

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Doina

Juice

Juice

Kefir

Kefir

Fermented milk beverage

Kompot

Kompot

Boiled fruit beverage using, for example, apples, apricots, gooseberries, peaches, rhubarb, sour cherries, strawberries

Kompot

Kompot

Boiled fruit beverage using, for example, apples, apricots, gooseberries, peaches, rhubarb, sour cherries, strawberries

Kvass

Kvass

Sweet fermented beverage made from rye bread, beets, may be infused with fruit, apple, bird cherries, cranberries, lemon, raisins, strawberries

Limonada

Limonada

Litra

Litra

Merlot

Merlot

Black grape from France

Milk

Milk

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Nistru

Samohon

Samohon

Homemade distilled spirits, moonshine

Soft drinks

Soft drinks

Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine from Cricova winery, Negru de Purcari, Chişinău, Muscat spumant, Nisporeni, National, Moldova

Tea

Tea

Wine

Wine

White Aligote, Riesling, Sauvignon

Alivenci

Alivenci

Sweet or savory cornmeal cake, made with urdă or telemea cheese, smetana or tejföl

Ardei umpluți

Ardei umpluți

Stuffed bell peppers

Banitsa

Banitsa

Filo pastry or pie with sirene or feta cheese, there are many sweet and savory variations

Belyash

Belyash

Deep-fried meat pie

Borș

Borș

Sour soup made with fermented wheat bran juice and meat, vegetables, fish

Borscht

Borscht

Vegetable or beet soup

Chakhokhbili

Chakhokhbili

Stewed chicken with tomatoes, onions, garlic, wine, herbs and walnuts

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Chicken tabaka

Chicken tabaka

A whole chicken, butterflied and pan-fried while being weighted down by a brick to keep it flat

Chorba

Chorba

Soup with vegetables and meat

Ciorba de miel

Ciorba de miel

Lamb soup, sour lamb soup

Ciorba radauteana

Ciorba radauteana

Sour chicken soup made with garlic and lemon, originally from the city of Radauti, serve with tejföl

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Dovlecei umpluti

Ficatei de pui

Ficatei de pui

Chicken livers, stewed, fried with onions, made into pate, served with scrambled eggs, rice pilaf, polenta

Frigarui

Frigarui

Skewered and grilled chicken, pork, beef, lamb, mutton, vegetables

Funchoza

Funchoza

Mung bean noodles with beef, chicken, shrimp, julienned vegetables, oil and vinegar

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