Polenta

Polenta French Toast

May 20, 2010 |

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For me, growing up in an Italian family, polenta was always a savory dish and served exclusively in one of two ways: soft-style with red sauce or soft-style with Italian sausage. Go figure Until last year, that was the extent of my experience with the Italian version of grits, and while delicious, I was happy [...]

Polenta Pizza

September 11, 2009 |

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You may remember that a couple of weeks back my polenta pizza was featured on In Jennie’s Kitchen as a guest post. As I wrote in that post, the first time I made this dish I made it as a thin-crust pizza (the polenta serving as the crust) for dinner and it was absolutely fabulous. [...]

Polenta Pizza: Guest Post on In Jennie’s Kitchen

August 28, 2009 |

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Vanilla & Brown Sugar Breakfast Polenta

July 23, 2009 |

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Growing up in an Italian family, it goes without saying that this was not the first time I had polenta. This was, however, the first time that I had it in a sweetened form. When I think about polenta I am immediately transported to my grandma’s dining room, her house crowded with people, and catching [...]

Fluted Polenta Ricotta Cake

April 29, 2008 |

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This week’s recipe selection comes to us from Caitlin over at Engineer Baker. I have to be completely honest – at first glance, this recipe didn’t seem all that appealing to me, but my mom and grandma thought it sounded fantastic, so I decided to make it and give it to them to enjoy. As [...]