Moldavskaya zama - chicken soup with homemade noodles and a characteristic sour aroma and taste. This dish is very popular among Moldovans, according to tradition it is served on the second day of the wedding, but the bride must certainly prepare it.
The Moldavian deputy differs from the usual chicken soup in that borscht acru (sour borscht - kvass from bran) is added to it, due to which its unforgettable sour taste is achieved. It must also contain homemade noodles and lovage, which gives this soup a peculiar aroma.
Ingredients for zam
To prepare Moldavian zam, prepare one homemade chicken, a large onion, 2 medium-sized carrots, parsley root, celery, black peppercorns, bay leaf. You will also need 2 eggs, flour, salt, a bunch of parsley, lovage.
Recipe for making moldavian zam
Singe the chicken over an open fire, chop into pieces, rinse. Place in a saucepan and simmer over high heat. When the water starts to boil, drain it and replace it with fresh one, in this case the broth will be rich and will not foam.
Peel carrots, celery root and parsley, rinse, cut into large pieces or just halves, fry everything in a pan without oil, put in a saucepan where the chicken is boiled. Add a whole peeled onion or 3-4 shallots. This trick will add a wonderful aroma and taste. Cook for 40 minutes, but do not let the liquid boil, this is very important. The broth should be transparent with a pronounced amber color.
Start making homemade noodles. Break an egg into a container, take only the yolk from the second, beat. Add flour little by little, you need so much to get a pretty steep dough. Knead it thoroughly, roll it into a ball, sprinkle with a little flour on top, cover with a damp cloth and leave for 10-15 minutes.
After that, roll out the dough into a thin layer, transfer it to a towel, let it dry a little, turn the layer over several times so that it dries faster. Cut into strips, stack them one on top of the other, slice them obliquely to make thin noodles.
Zama can be cooked with or without potatoes. If you want with potatoes, put them when the meat is cooked, you can add carrots cut into circles, put the noodles and stir. When the noodles float, pour in the boiled sour borscht from the bran, put the pepper, bay leaf, wait for the soup to boil.
Finely chop parsley and lovage, which can be replaced with dill, put in a saucepan, salt, cover and turn off the stove.
