-ROMANIAN CUISINE –
Ciorba de Burta Traditional Romanian Tripe Soup
The Romanian national dish is tripe soup, also known as Ciorba de Burta. It’s a hearty soup made with beef tripe, vegetables, and spices.
Ingredients:
– 1 kg of beef tripe, scalded, untreated
– 2 broth cubes
– 1.5 l water
– 0.5 l of milk
– 1 carrot
– 1 onion
– a small piece of celery root
– 5-6 cloves of garlic
– half a cup of cream
– white wine vinegar
– bay leaf
– allspice
– salt, pepper
How to make Ciorba de Burta Traditional Romanian Tripe Soup ?
Rinse the tripe, boil for about half an hour, drain, replace the water. Add milk, boil, add stock cubes, bay leaf and allspice. Coarsely grate the carrot and celery, finely chop the onion and add to the stock, boil for about 20 minutes. Finely chop garlic and add at the end of cooking. Season with vinegar to taste, add salt and pepper. In a separate bowl, mix the cream with the hot soup and add to the soup. In a separate bowl, mix the squeezed garlic cloves with vinegar, oil and a pinch of salt, so that everyone can season their portion as desired. Serve with paprika, sour cream and bread.
