Karla's Romanian food obsession #3: Zacusca (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the eggplant)
I love zacusca.
Mushroom zacusca.
Basically a mixture of spiced vegetables, including eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, garlic and oil.
Yes, eggplant.
I won't touch eggplant with a ten foot pole, but I love this stuff.
Luckily, I didn't know what eggplant was when I first tasted it. Then I looked it up in my dictionary. "Eww!"
I found eggplant-less zacusca (like the one pictured) but it's not the same. I'll eat my three bottles but then it's back to the vinete-ciuoerci zacusca from now on!
11 Comments:
:D i love zacusca too!! you now, there's a version with less eggplant and more beans. it's smoother.
but what's wrong with eggplants?
you can make yummy salad with it.
(oh yes.. i love cooking)
I need to know how to make zacusca!
I hate beans :( But I love mushrooms!
Zacusca cu ciuperci...
I'm drooling just thinking about it!
and u shld taste the home made zacusca
absolutely delicious
well, i'll ask my mother for the recipe :)
You MUST try eggplant salad. You're not going to regret it.
beware!!
is lot of calories there? :)
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/11209.html
don´t worry just very high in sugar
it´s calories for eggplants! I ask for zacusca!
I don't think zacusca has many calories. The main ingredients are vegetables and salt.
Here's a recipe.
You can see that there's only 1/2 tsp of sugar for 3 pints.
Granted, there's a lot of sugar in bell peppers and tomatoes, but I don't think this is any more or less healthy than vegetarian tomato sauce!
Most calories are from the oil. That's sure :)
(9 cal/gram)
forget calories...enjoy the zacusca.
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