polenta

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Unlike traditional French toast, there is no dipping in an egg and milk mixture or whatnot as you don't want to add any more moisture - the polenta is already moist enough that the flour will adhere in a thin coating.

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  1. noun A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in water or stock.

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  • Unlike traditional French toast, there is no dipping in an egg and milk mixture or whatnot as you don't want to add any more moisture - the polenta is already moist enough that the flour will adhere in a thin coating. —  Culinary in the Desert
  • But the polenta was there, the house was chilly, and I needed a morning meal. —  Accidental Hedonist
  • But there is a terrible culinary howler in his novel. polenta, the well-known Italian food. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • The veal meatballs over creamy polenta were a hit at our table, though nothing could induce me to skip the chicken liver mousse embellished with brandy, served with sweetly spiced apples. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • To my surprise, the baked polenta was a huge success, triangles of crispy baked polenta which I served with a small bowl of the tomato sauce from the meatballs, as well as a small dish of smoky chipotle sauce from —  Grab Your Fork
 

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  1. Italian, from Latin, crushed grain, barley meal.

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  1. = French polente, polenta = Spanish Portuguese Italian polenta, “a meate vsed in Italie, made of barlie or chesnut flowre soked in water, and then fride in oyle or butter” (Florio, 1598), “barley-grotes, a meate much used in Italie” (Florio, 1611), now generally applied to porridge of maize, from Latin polenta, polentum, peeled barley; cf. Greek πάλή, the finest meal.
 

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