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Zacuscă

Romanian-Moldovan dish

Field	Value
name	Zacuscă
image	Zacuscă bgiu.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Zacuscă on bread
alternate_name	Zacușă
country	Romania
region	Southeastern Europe
type	Spread
main_ingredient	Eggplants or cooked beans, roasted red peppers (gogoşari cultivar), mushrooms.

Zacuscă () is a vegetable spread popular in Romania and Moldova which originated from Romania. Similar spreads are found in other countries in the Balkan region, and bordering regions.

Ingredients

The main ingredients are roasted eggplant, sauteed onions, tomato paste, and roasted gogoșari (a Romanian red bell pepper variety). Some add mushrooms, carrots, or celery. Bay leaves are added as spice, as well as other ingredients (oil, salt, and pepper). Traditionally, a family will cook a large quantity of it after the fall harvest and preserve it through canning.

Use

Zacuscă can be eaten as a relish or spread, typically on bread. It is said to improve in taste after some months of maturing but must be used within days of opening. Although traditionally prepared at home, it is also commercially available. Some Bulgarian and Middle Eastern brands are available in the United States. In the Orthodox Christian majority countries, it is sometimes eaten during fasting seasons due to the absence of meat, eggs or dairy products.

Etymology

The word zacuscă is of Slavic origin which means simply "appetizer", "breakfast" or "snack", and appears in Russian as "Zakuski".

References

[http://www.recipezaar.com/Romanian-Zacusca-276662 Basic zacuscă recipe].
Byrd, Melanie. (2 December 2020). "Cooking Through History: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Food with Menus and Recipes". Bloomsbury Academic.
[http://www.webdex.ro/online/dictionar/zacusca ''Zacusca''] on [[Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române. DEX]] Online Dictionary

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