Bulz — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Golden baked balls of mămăligă stuffed with melted sheep cheese, browned in butter until crusty outside and molten within.

Ingredients

1 Prepare firm mămăligă: boil salted water, add cornmeal slowly while stirring. Cook 30 min until very thick.
2 Turn out and let cool slightly until handleable but still warm.
3 Take portions of mămăligă, flatten in palm, place mixed crumbled cheeses in center, seal into balls.
4 Place balls on a buttered baking sheet. Top each with a pat of butter.
5 Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 20-25 min until golden brown and crusty on the outside.
6 Serve hot with a generous dollop of sour cream.

Did You Know?

Bulz was the original packed lunch of Carpathian shepherds, who would carry mămăligă stuffed with cheese on long mountain journeys with their flocks.