
🇷🇴 RomaniaCatalog recipe
Golden polenta layered with salty cheese and cold sour cream — shepherd food that outlived the shepherds' economy.
For 4 servings.
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Rain cornmeal into salted boiling water, whisking, then switch to a wooden spoon and cook 25 minutes.
Beat in the butter; the polenta should stand a spoon.
💡 Firm enough to slice with string — the traditional test and the traditional knife.
Layer hot polenta with cheese in bowls, cold sour cream over the top. Eat immediately.
Corn conquered Romania in the 1700s and mămăligă became the daily loaf. With sheep's cheese and cream it is a complete argument for simplicity, still settled nightly in Carpathian kitchens.
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