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Pârjoale

Name: Pârjoale
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Moldova
Ingredients: 500g Mixed ground meat; 1 Potato; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Egg; 1/2 bunch Dill; 1/2 bunch Parsley; To taste Breadcrumbs; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 3 tbsp Sunflower oil; To taste Cucumber pickles

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ground meat mixed with potato and herbs and fried — big Moldovan home patties.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pârjoale are a home dish of Moldova and Romania: ground pork or beef is mixed with grated potato, onion, garlic, and plenty of dill or parsley, shaped into ovals, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried. They're served with mashed potato, pickled vegetables, or mămăligă and are popular for packed lunches and picnics.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dinner in a Moldovan home, oval patties flecked with green herbs are plated with mashed potato and pickled cucumbers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mixed ground meat 500g
Potato 1
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Egg 1
Dill 1/2 bunch
Parsley 1/2 bunch
Breadcrumbs To taste
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Sunflower oil 3 tbsp
Cucumber pickles To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate the potato and onion and lightly squeeze out the liquid.
Knead the ground meat, potato, onion, grated garlic, egg, chopped herbs, salt, and pepper well.
Shape into ovals and coat with breadcrumbs.
Heat oil in a frying pan, brown both sides, then cover and cook on low for 8 minutes.
Serve with pickles.

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