Pelincile Domnului

A Christmas dessert from the region of Moldova, pelincile Domnului consists of layers of thin flatbread made with flour, water, salt and vegetable oil. The flatbread is left to soak up a liquid mixture of honey, water, and lemon zest and is then served with a hemp seed and sugar filling.

Nowadays, due to its association to cannabis, hemp is rarely cultivated in Romania anymore, so the traditional filling has been replaced with ground walnuts. Loosely translated, pelincile Domnului means the Lord's diapers, and it is said that the women from Moldova invented this recipe in remembrance of Holy Mary's suffering on Christmas Eve, as she was searching for a place to give birth to baby Jesus.