Polenta
Zea mays · Grain
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Polenta is the Northern Italian dish and pantry staple of coarse-ground maize (Zea mays) simmered slowly with water or stock into a thick, golden porridge. Eaten soft and creamy or set firm and then grilled, fried or baked, it is one of Italy's great peasant comfort foods and the base for countless mountain and Po-valley dishes.
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Aroma
maltypopcornroastednuttyearthycaramel
Texture
mealy
Per 100 g
362kcal
77gcarbs
8.1gprotein
3.6gfat
7.3gfibre
Good to know
"Polenta" originally meant any thick grain porridge — the Romans made it from farro, millet, barley and chickpea flour long before maize reached Europe.
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