🇷🇴 Romania recipe
Mucenici
Mucenici are traditional Romanian pastries prepared each year on March 9th to honor the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. In Wallachia and southern Romania, they take the form of figure-eight shaped dough pieces poached in a sweet, warm walnut and cinnamon syrup. The warm mucenici float in their fragrant syrup like little figure eights, symbolizing the martyrs' halos, making this a dish of deep religious and cultural significance.
Prep30 mins
Cook30 mins
Serves8
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- For the dough:
- 500g all-purpose flour
- 200ml warm water
- 50g granulated sugar
- 7g instant yeast
- 50ml sunflower oil
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Pinch of salt
- For the syrup:
- 1.5 liters water
- 200g granulated sugar
- 150g ground walnuts
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp honey
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 280
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 8 g
