polenta

/poʊˈlɛntə/

Other forms: polentas

Polenta is an Italian dish made from cornmeal. Polenta is usually prepared to be a soft, savory porridge and is often served with cheese.

Depending on how you cook polenta, it can be a breakfast food, a comforting creamy side dish, or a more solid, chewy base for sauce — almost a substitute for pasta. If you trace the Italian word back to the Latin root, it literally means "peeled barley," and is closely related to pollen, "powder or fine flour." Today's polenta always comes from corn — and it's nearly always delicious.

Definitions of polenta

1. noun

   a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
   type of:

   cornmeal mush, mush

   cornmeal boiled in water