Romanian cornulete
I wonder why the only Romanian word I can recall from my childhood is ‘maninca.’
Maninca, translates to mean ‘eat.’
My grandfather was Romanian, and my memories of time spent in my grandparents home is filled with friends, family, and food.
Cornulete is a treasured family recipe from my family to yours.
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 cups and 2 Tablespoons of flour
8 oz. of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
Filling:
3 cups walnuts, minced
2 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1½ teaspoons of cinnamon (I use Vietnamese cinnamon)
Directions:
In a standing mixer combined margarine, butter, and cream cheese. Slowly add in the flour and mix until well blended. Shape dough into a 12-inch log. Roll in wax paper and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Combine all of the filling ingredients together and in a bowl and set aside.
Remove the log from the refrigerator and slice the into 1/2-inch rounds. Pat each round slice into sugar. Store remaining rounds in the refrigerated until you are ready to work with them. Roll out each round onto a sugared countertop, until very thin (add more sugar as needed to prevent sticking). Cut into 6 triangles. Place nut mixture on wide end of the triangle and roll. Brush the tops with beaten eggs and roll in sugar. Bake at 350° on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
April 9th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
they look very good!! used to have them as a child and always loved them. I’m going to try this recipe and let you know what I think. Also, is “maninca”
April 9th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Alex, thank you. I look forward to hearing your feedback about the cornuletes. You might have to use less cinnamon – depending on what brand of cinnamon you use. The Indonesian cinnamon I used in this recipe is lighter tasting (so I added more). Enjoy!
April 16th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
It looks great!
iza:)
April 16th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I can relate to your comment about “maninca”, I am Romanian and I tell my three girls that all the time
) But them, being raised in California, they want to be all skinny and eat very little …
I love the recipe!!!
April 16th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I think that’s cool that that is the only word you remember!
These sound really tasty.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
ASI FI DORIT RETETA IN ROMINESTE ,CA DE GUST NU MA INDOIESC,VA SI FI MULT RECUNOSCATOARE DACA CINEVA MIAR TRIMITE RETETA.MULTUMESC ANTECIPAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
My mom will enjoy your site, she asked me about this just the other day.
May 30th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:37 am
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July 18th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
The recipe for the aluat is missing something. Please look into it and correct. Or just post a video with you making it just like you instruct. Thanks
December 19th, 2011 at 8:06 am
RUTH SOLOMOVICI : aici gasesti reteta in romana pentru cornulete http://arta-culinara.com/cornulete/
February 25th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
I have not had cornulete for a very long time. I never had this variety before (I actually can’t stand cinnamon). The type I had was similar, except it did not have any nuts and the filling inside was a chopped piece of the fruit rahat cubes we got from our local Romanian-Armenian-Mediterranean store. My favorite was the one with the green rahat cube pieces. I have to have those again.