Mămăligă

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 300 g Medium cornmeal
• 1.2 l Water
• 60 g Butter
• 200 g Brined cheese, crumbled
• to taste Soured cream
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Bring the salted water to the boil. Set aside a handful of the meal; it is wanted at the end.
2. Pour the meal in as a thin stream, whisking without stopping. Do not pause until all of it is in.
3. Drop to the lowest heat and cook thirty minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon every three or four minutes. The mass pulls away from the sides.
4. Add the reserved handful of meal and work it in: it gives the light graininess mămăligă is valued for.
5. Stir in the butter, turn it out onto a board and let it stand five minutes. Cut it into slabs with thread and serve with the cheese and soured cream.