Valsugana Polenta, 13.2-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 12)

After my local market stopped carrying this particular brand of polenta, I went searching. Some were just awful from the get go, especially the precooked stuff in a tube. Most of the other ones were not polenta, but corn grits labeled "also known as polenta". The result was a coarse mush not even close to the taste we love. I make this polenta sweet for breakfast by cooking it with half walter and half milk. It's great with berries or bananas and nuts; sweetened with sugar, Splenda, or drizzled with real maple syrup. As a savory dish, I cook it with water and chicken broth. I use it as a side dish with vegetables and meat right out of the pot or I cool it, slice it, and pan fry it ( or grill it). The texture is very fine and the taste is great. It's easy to make and can be made ahead and reheated. The price for the 12-pack makes it half of the price at the market. I'm thrilled to have found it at Amazon!

In the past, I had tried to prepare other brands of polenta (dry mix or the 'tube'), but always ended up with a lumpy, sour-tasting porridge, no matter how much water I used or how diligently I stirred the pot while cooking. I resigned myself to the fact that I was unable to master the proper polenta-cooking-technique and had to be satisfied with ordering it as a side dish in pricey restaurants. About 15 years ago, I happened to be shopping in my local gourmet food shoppe and spotted the now-familiar yellow box and decided "what the heck, I'll give Valsuga Polenta a try". From that day forward, my family and I became 'home-made-polenta-converts'...Valsuga consistently cooks up quickly, never lumps and always tastes sweet and fresh as a good polenta should. Sadly, my local supply dried up when the gourmet shoppe closed, but I was relieved to discover this product was offered on Amazon. The price is right, the product is fabulous: whats not to like? I'll keep buying my Valsuga Polenta from Amazon!

I'm 100% Italian and in the past always used the traditional polenta which takes approx. 1/2 hour to cook. The stirring is tedious and so often the boiling/simmering polenta will bubble and pop and burn your hands during the stirring. I then discovered Valsugana polenta which I believe tastes every bit as good as the old fashioned type and with much quicker cooking time (5 minutes)reducing the possibility of painful burns from the bubbling polenta. It is fairly difficult to find Valsugana in stores near me, so I usually order a case of 12 packages from Amazon which allows me to always have a box on hand.

We bought this after getting tired of Trader Joe's pre-made polenta in a tube. This is super easy to prepare, tastes great and makes having polenta a few times a week simple. You can also make one third of a package at a time which makes it very economical as one third of a package is more than enough for two as a side dish.

At last I received the brand I've been waiting for. Have used several boxes already and the polenta is very fresh. Thanks to you I can now enjoy my meals with fresh polenta. Thank you.

Great stuff.

Beside this product we tried 3 others corn flour for cooking polenta. We like this corn flour because of its better texture. As well, the price here is more reasonable compare to the groceries that we used to buy it from.

Same product found in Italy. Makes tasty polenta in minutes.