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The Bucegi mountains - the range I see from the front balcony of my mountain house - are almost 120 kms from Bucharest and cannot normally be seen from the capital but some extraordinary weather conditions allowed this pic to be taken from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel in late Feb 2020

Saturday, January 14, 2023

A great winter recipe

I’ve lived and worked in quite a few countries in my time – in both Central Europe and Central Asia. In culinary terms, Cehia was perhaps the most boring – although great for beer, with Slovakia being better for wines. But it was Azerbaijan – with its Persian traditions – that offered the most exciting eating particularly the way they embellish the main meal with FRUIT.

Since my Glasgow days, I’ve always been partial to curries – with side-dishes of banana and yoghourt, oranges and onions.

Here in Romania, I now blend these traditions – with minimal meat.

My meals most days consist of

  • a very few portions of turkey or muscle pork – the pork should have slices of garlic inserted into cuts ar regular intervals and topped with mustard; the tarkey should be impregnated with pepper balls. When done, they should be marinated in garam marsala powder

  • half a tin of juicy smoked beans

  • sprouts, carrots and a couple of chopped potatoes

  • small amount of chilli and soya sauce,

  • chopped and pickled carrot and onions

  • one chopped celery stalk

  • a couple of tablespoons of tomato juice

  • generous helpings of garlic and natural ginger

  • a touch of apple chutney

  • a few fried mushrools

  • with a few pueces of orange and banana added after it’s been heated

Sometimes a touch of coconut milk can add a bit of zest


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