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  Polenta - Plain



 
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Product Code: POL-P

Description
 
POLENTA~ Italian Comfort Food

Ready to eat, fat free,17.6 oz package, serves 4. 

Product of Italy
 
To prepare,  place unopened package in boiling water for 10 min. Remove from package, slice and serve with your favorite Fortuna sauce and cheese. Or cut into 2" slices,  place in a buttered baking dish topped  with a little butter and parm cheese and cook for 20 mins. at 375 until cheese is melted. For a golden brown crust, place under the broiler for a few mins.
Features
  • Origins of Polenta
  • Polenta has been dubbed by some "Italian grits" and there are similarities to the hominy grits that is so popular in the Southern United States. In this way polenta, grits and other "mush" type foods share a common link as the food of poverty. However in ancient times, what would later be called polenta started out as one of the earliest and simplest foods made from grain. Made from wild grains and later from primitive wheat, faro (a popular Italian grain), millet, spelt or chickpeas, the grain was mixed with water to form a paste that was then cooked on a hot stone. In this way, early polenta may have pre-dated leavened bread, since yeasts were often hard to come by and milling techniques were not yet refined.

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