Mămăligă
Mămăligă, from above
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Mămăligă

Golden cornmeal porridge that sets firm enough to cut with thread. Romania's daily bread, in a pot.

35 minTime
11 gProtein each
mildSpice
Cornmeal porridge2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayWith brânză and smântână.
The original
435kcalsame
11 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
35minutessame

Mămăligă.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal)1⅔ cups coarse yellow cornmeal (polenta)
Water4 cups
Saltto taste
Butter1½ tbsp
Feta cheesebrânză or crumbled feta, to serve
Sour creamto serve

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil salted water, rain in cornmeal while whisking.
  2. 2Cook on low, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until it pulls away from the sides.
  3. 3Stir in butter, turn out onto a board.
  4. 4Cut with thread and serve with cheese and sour cream.
Serve it like this

Turn out onto a wooden board, cut wedges with a thread and serve with crumbled cheese and sour cream.

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