polenta

Polenta is a dish of (typically) cornmeal porridge, not an ingredient. It is a traditional Italian preparation of a variety of coarsely ground grains or starches cooked into a porridge.
Polenta is a dish of (typically) cornmeal porridge, not an ingredient. It is a traditional Italian preparation of a variety of coarsely ground grains or starches cooked into a porridge.

Authentic polenta is most typically made from a variety of corn called eight-row flint, or otto file in Italian. It's an heirloom variety that produces a porridge that is deep in both colour and flavour. It's also milled differently from cornmeal. It is often labelled as polenta. However, the dish polenta can be made from any starchy or coarse grains cooked into a porridge. Northern Italy is known for polenta taragna, a porridge of cornmeal and buckwheat meal. Chestnut flour, chickpea flour, or coarse ground rice are just a few of the many grains that were traditionally used, and are still used, in Italy. However, cornmeal polenta is by far the most common preparation.

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  1. Honey Polenta Cake

    Honey Polenta Cake

    Honey Polenta Cake
  2. Morning Glory

    Recipe Sweet potato polenta with braised mushrooms & onions

    Sweet potato turns polenta a gorgeous saffron yellow colour. Here, the sweetness of the potato is offset by the use of tangy milk whey (you can substitute buttermilk) and sharp parmesan. A drizzle of balsamic reduction adds a complexity to the mushrooms and onions. The balsamic reduction will...
  3. Red Wine Pot Roast with Polenta Taragna.jpeg

    Red Wine Pot Roast with Polenta Taragna.jpeg

  4. Steak and Eggs with Fried Polenta and Shallot

    Steak and Eggs with Fried Polenta and Shallot

    Steak and Eggs with Fried Polenta and Shallot
  5. flyinglentris

    Recipe Breakfast Polenta with Prosciutto, Snow Peas, Scallion and Tomato

    Breakfast Polenta with Prosciutto, Snow Peas, Scallion and Tomato: Ingredients: 1) Polenta - 1 cup 2) Cornmeal - 1/8 cup 3) Egg - 1 4) Prosciutto - 2 strips 5) Snow peas - 10 to 12 6) Scallions - 1 7) Serrano Pepper - 1 8) Tomato - 1 9) Half n half - as required 10) Chervil - 1 tspn. 11)...
  6. Breakfast Polenta with Prosciutto, Snow Peas, Scallions and Tomato

    Breakfast Polenta with Prosciutto, Snow Peas, Scallions and Tomato

    Breakfast Polenta with Prosciutto, Snow Peas, Scallions and Tomato
  7. The Late Night Gourmet

    Recipe Huevos Rancheros on a Polenta Cake

    Huevos Rancheros is a Mexican breakfast consisting of a fried egg on a corn tortilla, with beans, salsa, and avocado. flyinglentris started a thread about breakfast polenta, and I immediately thought of this: polenta, after all, is cornmeal. I realize there are ways to elevate this. I could...
  8. Polenta with Butter

    Polenta with Butter

    Polenta with Butter
  9. Ground Yellow Corn

    Ground Yellow Corn

    Ground Yellow Corn
  10. Polenta Corn Grits

    Polenta Corn Grits

    Polenta Corn Grits
  11. Polenta Packages

    Polenta Packages

    Polenta Packages
  12. flyinglentris

    Breakfast Polenta

    Ok fellow CBers, help me out here. I've never used polenta for a breakfast meal before and have decided to do something different for breakfast without having to resort to cream of wheat. Yuk. Tell me about your breakfast polenta concoctions. I have a couple bags of dried...
  13. Gorgonzola stuffed Polenta balls.jpeg

    Gorgonzola stuffed Polenta balls.jpeg

  14. Polenta with Gorgonzola.jpeg

    Polenta with Gorgonzola.jpeg

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    Polenta.jpeg

  16. Grilled Heart-Shaped Polenta.jpeg

    Grilled Heart-Shaped Polenta.jpeg

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    Polenta.jpeg

  18. Polenta taragna e brasato.jpg

    Polenta taragna e brasato.jpg

  19. Polenta Taragna .jpg

    Polenta Taragna .jpg

  20. rascal

    Polenta fries

    A new one on some of us at restaurant the other night. People raved over them, served with garlic mayo. I've printed a recipe off the net but it has oregano thyme and rosemary? Would you put it in the mix? Have any here made them, I was thinking the Italian influence would know. I've only used...
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