Mămăligă

Cornmeal polenta served with cheese and sour cream.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Cornmeal
• 6 cups Water
• 2 tsp Salt
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 200 g Fresh white cheese
• 1 cup Sour cream

Method

1. Boil the water — Bring the salted water to a rolling boil.
2. Rain in the cornmeal — Pour the cornmeal in a thin steady stream while whisking hard to prevent lumps.
3. Cook and stir — Cook 30 minutes over low heat, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until it pulls away from the pot.
4. Enrich — Beat in the butter.
5. Mămăligă is ready — Turn out onto a board, cut with a thread, and serve with cheese and sour cream.

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