30 dishes, products and wines
Mămăligă, plăcinte and zeamă, native grapes such as Fetească Neagră and wine houses with miles of cellars under the hills. Filter by type or show only vegetarian dishes.
VideoMămăligă
Firm maize porridge that replaced bread in Moldova for centuries, cut with a thread
VideoPlăcinte
Flat pastries filled with cheese, cabbage, potato or cherries, pan-fried or baked
Sarmale
Small rolls of cabbage or vine leaves with rice and meat, cooked for hours
Zeamă
A clear, slightly sour chicken soup with home-made noodles and lovage
Ciorbă și borș
Sour soups of meat, fish or vegetables, soured with fermented bran
Răcituri
Cold meat jelly of pig's trotters or cockerel, rich in garlic, for the winter feasts
Colțunași
Boiled dumplings with brânză, potato or sour cherries and a spoonful of soured cream
Tochitură moldovenească
Pork and sausage braised in their own fat, with mămăligă, a fried egg and sheep's cheese
Frigărui
Skewers of marinated pork or lamb, grilled over glowing charcoal
Ardei umpluți
Peppers stuffed with rice and mince, stewed in tomato sauce and served with soured cream
Vărzare, vertută și învârtită
Little cabbage pies and rolled pastries of paper-thin dough, savoury or sweet
Cozonac și pască
Sweet yeast bread with walnuts and an Easter cake with sweet cheese, for the great feasts
Alivenci
Baked cake of maize flour, milk, fresh cheese and soured cream from Moldovan farm cooking
Brânză de oi
White, salted sheep's cheese matured in brine, the constant companion of mămăligă
Nuci
One of Moldova's big farm exports, and the filling for cozonac and rolled pastries
Mujdei
A sharp sauce of raw garlic, salt and oil or water, for mămăligă, fish and grilled meat
Compot
A home-made drink of cooked fruit, fresh in summer and from preserving jars in winter
Fetească Neagră
Old dark grape from historic Moldavia, back as the red calling card after the Soviet era
Rară Neagră
Light, fresh red grape with sour cherry notes, known in Romania as Băbească Neagră
Fetească Albă și Fetească Regală
Mother and daughter among the white grapes: aromatic Albă and fresh, lively Regală
Divin
Oak-aged wine brandy that in the Soviet era was still called 'cognac'
VideoCricova
Underground wine city with more than 120 kilometres of tunnels, just north of Chișinău
47.1330° N · 28.8500° E
VideoMileștii Mici
200 kilometres of cellars holding the world's largest wine collection, says Guinness
46.9010° N · 28.7960° E
VideoChâteau Purcari
Wine estate on the Dniester dating from 1827, home of the historic blend Negru de Purcari
46.5390° N · 29.8570° E
Castel Mimi
Restored wine castle built by Constantin Mimi in the 1890s, now a wine resort
46.8920° N · 29.2920° E
Château Vartely
Modern winery on a hill near Orhei, with villas, a restaurant and tasting rooms
47.3700° N · 28.8200° E
Asconi
Family winery in Puhoi since 1994, with a restaurant, guest cottages and ice wine
46.8170° N · 29.0330° E
Et Cetera
Small winery run by two brothers in the south, with guest rooms, a pool and oak-aged wines
46.4550° N · 29.9860° E
Fautor
Family winery on the high hills of Tigheci, with the blend Negre as its flagship
46.3910° N · 28.3760° E
KVINT
Distillery founded in 1897 in Tiraspol, known for its oak-aged divin
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