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Mămăligă

Name: Mămăligă
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Romania
Ingredients: 200g Precooked Corn Flour; 800ml Water; 1 tsp Salt; 30g Butter; 100g Feta Cheese; 150g Sour cream

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A yellow porridge of cornmeal eaten with cheese and sour cream — Romania's traditional staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mămăligă is cornmeal stirred into boiling water, very similar to Italian polenta. It was once the staple of villages that couldn't afford wheat bread, and it was cut with a string. It remains an essential side for sarmale and stews, and 'mămăligă cu brânză și smântână,' topped with sheep's cheese, sour cream, and a fried egg, is a classic home dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a farmhouse kitchen in the hills, mămăligă is turned out of an iron pot onto a wooden board and grandfather cuts it with a string for the family.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Precooked Corn Flour 200g
Water 800ml
Salt 1 tsp
Butter 30g
Feta Cheese 100g
Sour cream 150g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring water and salt to a boil in a pot.
Gradually sprinkle in the cornmeal, whisking constantly.
Switch to a wooden spoon and keep stirring on low for 20 minutes until it pulls away from the sides.
Stir in the butter.
Spoon into bowls or turn out onto a board and cut.
Top with crumbled cheese and sour cream.

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