Baked Polenta with Eggs

Description

In Romanian: Mamaliga cu ochiuri

Ingredients

• 1½ qts / 1½ l milk
• cornmeal as needed to make a medium soft polenta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 tablespoons grated cheese
• a few eggs
• salt

Directions

1. Set the milk to boil and add, gradually, as much cornmeal to make a medium soft polenta.
2. When it is cooked, add 2 tablespoons each of butter, sour cream and grated cheese.
3. Butter a heat resistant glass dish, place the polenta inside and smooth the top.
4. Then, with a buttered spoon, make holes (nests) the size of an egg.
5. Break an egg inside of each nest.
6. Sprinkle with salt, add a few slivers of butter and place in the oven, until the egg whites are set.
7. Serve immediately.
8. You can also serve this in individual ramekins.