Bulz

Todays culinary proposal is a shepherd dish,which has found popularity in the menus of restaurants all over the country, known as ‘bulz. It is polenta with cheese and sometimes other dairy products, which allows for a great deal of freedom in terms of how it is made. Proof of that is the attempt by a village in Covasna County to get into the Guinness Book of Records by cooking a ‘bulz nine meters long, a record they beat by building in 2008 one that was 150 meters long, 32 cm tick, using 10 kg of sheep cheese, and 400 kg of corn meal. They used 15 pots 50 liters in capacity, brought in by local shepherds.

Radio România, 21.05.2017, 14:19

Our recipe is a ‘bulz made in layers, for which you need a kg of corn meal and half a kilo of sheep cheese. Make polenta out of the corn meal, trying to get a tougher texture. Spread out a layer on the bottom of an oven vessel, then the cheese, then another layer of polenta. Continue making layers, and you can also place in some chopped herbs of your choice. You can also throw in slices of sausage or bits of ham. When you place the dish in the oven, crack on top of it a few eggs. Bake for about half an hour.

Enjoy!