How to pronounce Zacuscă

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /zaˈkuskə/. In plain English letters that is zah-KOOS-kuh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Zacuscă?

Zacuscă is a snack of Romania. Where it comes from: All Romania. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes savory.

Where Zacuscă comes from

Zacuscă is one of 22 signature dishes of Romania on this map.

• Sarmale · Main dish · All Romania

  Sarmale are cabbage leaves rolled around a filling of minced pork, rice, onion and herbs, slowly cooked in layers in a pot with smoked meat, tomato and dill.

• Mămăligă · Main dish · All Romania

  Mămăligă is a firm porridge of yellow maize flour boiled with water and salt, stirred until thick and turned out onto a board, then cut with a thread.

• Ciorbă de burtă · Soup & stew · All Romania

  Ciorbă de burtă, tripe soup, is a traditional Romanian ciorbă, a sour soup, and many versions are made across the country.

• Papanași · Dessert · All Romania

  Papanași are a traditional Romanian dessert, also eaten in Moldova, made from a dough of fresh sweet cow's cheese with eggs, flour, semolina, breadcrumbs and sugar.

• Țuică · Drink · All Romania

  Țuică is a traditional Romanian spirit made only from plums and considered Romania's national drink.

• Telemea · Snack · All Romania

  Telemea is a Romanian brined white cheese, traditionally made from sheep's milk, though today the name also covers cheese of cow's milk and, more rarely, goat's or buffalo milk.

Food of Romania

Dishes like Zacuscă in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Zacuscă:

• Lyutenitsa лютеница · Snack · Plovdiv and Thrace, Bulgaria

  Lyutenitsa is a thick red relish of roasted peppers and tomatoes, often with aubergine, carrots, garlic and a little sugar, cooked for hours and then ground into a spread.

• Ajvar ајвар · Snack · Southern Serbia, Serbia

  Ajvar is a thick red relish of roasted red peppers, sometimes with aubergine, garlic and chilli, cooked slowly in oil until it becomes a smooth or coarse spread.

• Peperoni cruschi · Snack · Senise (Basilicata), Italy

  Peperoni cruschi are sweet red peppers from Senise, in Basilicata, dried in the sun and fried quickly in olive oil until they become crisp.

• Pitaroudia πιταρούδια · Snack · Rhodes (South Aegean), Greece

  Pitaroudia are small fried patties that are a traditional dish of the Dodecanese, and specifically of the island of Rhodes.