Mămăligă with bryndza and sour cream

Mămăligă with bryndza and sour cream pairs cooked cornmeal with cheese and dairy. Moldova Travel describes serving mămăligă with fresh or salted cow’s- or sheep’s-milk cheese and sour cream. Pork cooked in sunflower oil and vegetable stew are other accompaniments mentioned in its account.^[1]

LaLena’s home recipe boils cornmeal in salted water, whisking at first and switching to a wooden paddle or sturdy spoon as it thickens. The surface is pressed smooth before the firm mămăligă is turned onto a platter or wooden board. A thread cuts it into portions. The cook lists sheep’s-milk telemea and cheese with sour cream among the foods served alongside.^[2]