Ciorbă de Fasole cu Afumătură

Method

1. 1

   Simmer the smoked pork 30 minutes; add beans, vegetables and bay.

2. 2

   Cook until beans are creamy inside, ~45 minutes; stir in tomato paste.

3. 3

   Sour it: vinegar in stages, tasting to a clean tang.

   💡 A ciorbă that doesn't make you sit up straighter isn't soured enough.

4. 4

   Finish with tarragon; serve with raw onion quarters like the mountain lodges do.