From the Original Site: "Parjoale really means 'burger', but they are perfect made as meatballs. This recipe comes from the Moldovan region of Romania, where virtually every household will have a slightly different recipe for this dish.

Parjoale are very tasty and since they can be eaten both hot and cold, they are ideal for parties and picnics. As a hot dinner, they go nicely with mash potatoes (Romanians love mash!) and homemade tomato sauce."

For 3-4 people, you will need:

• 400g minced beef
• ½ onion, grated
• ½ carrot, grated
• ½ pepper, finely chopped
• 1 stock cube (or 1 tsp Knorr or other powdered condiment)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• parsley and dill, either freshly chopped or dried
• Pepper

In a small pan place the onion, carrot, pepper and 3 spoons of water, cover and let them sweat for about 10 minutes on a very low heat.

When the vegetables are soft, take them off the heat and leave them to cool down for a while, before adding them to the meat together with the egg, flour, crushed garlic, herbs, crushed stock cube and pepper. Combine everything well and then divide the mixture into small ball shapes.

Heat 3-4 spoons of oil in a frying pan and cook the meatballs on medium heat for 10-12 minutes, turning them a few times to get them brown all around.

Ingredients

• 1 carrot,
• 1 medium celery root,
• 2 small cucumbers,
• 1 big Apple,
• 3 nice tomatoes,
• 5-6 ripe plums (or 2-3 tablespoons of pitted sour cherries),
• 1/2 cup sour cream,
• juice from 1/2 lemon,
• 1 teaspoon confectioner's sugar,
• salt

Directions

1. Clean the carrot and celery root, julienne, place in a salad bowl, add thinly sliced cucumbers and Apple, peeled, seeded and sliced tomatoes, sliced plums or pitted sour cherries.
2. Mix everything with the sour cream to which you added lemon juice, Sugar and salt, just before serving.

From Original Site: "Leeks store well through the winter and are a very popular German vegetable. Used instead of onions in many recipes, they are a bit milder than onions, although they can still bite when raw. Try them in this salad with apples and cream."

Makes 4 servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 apples, cored and chopped, about 2 cups
• 1 medium leek, cleaned and chopped, about 1 cup
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. sugar, or to taste
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 T. neutral salad oil (walnut or canola, etc.)
• 2 T. cream
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation:

Mix apples and leeks in a bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice to keep the apples from browning.

Whisk together sugar, salt, oil, cream and pepper until sugar dissolves and salad dressing is thick. Pour over salad and toss. Taste salad and season, if necessary (more sugar or salt).

Let salad sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Would we make again? Yes.

Made Again on 11-Apr-2010