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Fasole cu Cârnați

Name: Fasole cu Cârnați
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Romania
Ingredients: 400g (canned) White beans; 6 Sausage; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 1 Red bell pepper; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 tsp Paprika; 1 Bay leaf; A pinch Thyme; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White beans and sausage stewed with tomato and paprika — the classic dish of Romania's National Day.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fasole cu cârnați is a stew of white beans and smoked sausage, a humble dish known as army food. On December 1, Romania's National Day, it's customarily made in huge pots in squares across the country and handed out free. It's also loved as a warming home dish in the cold season.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On National Day, December 1, soldiers line up big pots in a square in falling snow and hand steaming bean stew to the queue of citizens.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White beans 400g (canned)
Sausage 6
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Red bell pepper 1
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Paprika 2 tsp
Bay leaf 1
Thyme A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Roughly chop the onion, carrot, and bell pepper.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the vegetables.
Add the tomato paste and paprika and fry together.
Add the white beans, 400ml water, bay leaf, and thyme and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the sausages, browned in a frying pan, and simmer 15 more minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.

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