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Frumentaty (Easy Moldovan Flatbreads)

Flatbread with onions and herbs
Photo by Kris Kirkham

I have had trouble finding the name for these flatbreads in my research, but frumentaty is what my grandmother called this easy version of Moldovan plachindy. Frumentaty may have come from a dialect—no one is sure and we didn’t think to ask my grandma when she was still with us. Instead of filling the dough, you simply mix the filling into it. She would always use whey (rather than kefir) to make these; you can always use watered-down natural yogurt instead.

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