I Don’t Like Polenta
If offered polenta cake, I’d usually say thanks but no thanks.
However, in Carluccio’s in Upper Street last week, because I had time to kill, I popped in for a coffee and asked if they had any gluten free snacks to go with it. The waiter, who knows I am a coeliac and am very particular, then showed me an enormous polenta cake, which he assured was safe for me. Although the slice was quite large, I decided to have one.
I didn’t regret it, as it was very good. It was about three pounds though, but it would have been big enough to share.
So that’s another thing off the list of things I won’t touch!
I did try to buy another slice in their caffe at St. Pancras but they didn’t have one. So if you want to try one, check before going.
The Anonymous Widower 
Their polenta cake is amazing, it is nice taken home, warmed in microwave, and served with single cream or skimmed milk custard as well
NIgella has a really nice polenta and almond and lemon cake recipe – I sometimes make it with Doves Farm self rising flour instead of polenta and miss out the lemon, as eithr victoria type sponge or muffins. And if I do the original recipe, I sometimes use limes or oranges or a combination of them.
My family and all my friends love it. And when it is a church thing it is of course labelled GF, and although most people are polite enough to make sure the GF folk have some first, there is never any left!
Comment by liz | May 7, 2011 |