Go Back
Print
Recipe Image
–
+
servings
Smaller
Normal
Larger
Print Recipe
Mamaliga with cheese
Baked Romanian polenta with feta cheese
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
40
minutes
mins
Total Time
50
minutes
mins
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Romanian
Keyword:
cheese, cornmeal
Servings:
6
Ingredients
2
cups
water
1
cup
yellow cornmeal
1
tsp
salt
3
slices
bacon
1½
cups
crumbled feta cheese
¼
cup
melted butter
shredded kashkaval cheese
optional
Instructions
Bring water to a rapid boil in a 4-quart pot. Meanwhile preheat oven to 375°F.
Reduce heat to simmer and add cornmeal and salt.
While cornmeal cooks, put bacon on small sheet pan and bake in oven.
Stir porridge constantly until cornmeal begins to pull away from side of pot, about 20 minutes.
Remove bacon from oven when fully cooked and reserve the drippings.
Add feta, melted butter and bacon drippings to porridge and stir until mixed.
Put cornmeal-cheese mixture into a greased baking dish and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
When cornmeal has browned just a little and begins to crisp up on the edges, remove from oven.
Sprinkle crumbled bacon over the top. Cut into pieces and serve with shredded kashkaval or sour cream.