De La Estancia

Find Restaurant Supplies at FoodServiceDirect.com. Call our friendly customer service representatives at 800-448-2014 if you have any questions. Polenta is an Italian word which refers both to milled corn and to the dish that is prepared from the milled corn. Corn was originally a New World crop that was cultivated by Native Americans in the sub-tropical mountainous regions of Central America. The plant found its ideal growing environment in that location because the growing season was long (up to 6 months), the climate was hot with abundant rainfall and the nights were cool because of the elevation. European explorers brought back to corn back to the Old World where it was adapted through plant breeding to grow in a much different climate where the growing season was short. But Italians and especially poor people in Northern Italy learned to cook a dish from the corn. The dish became known as polenta and is now a favorite all over the world. Polenta is prepared by adding the ground corn to simmering or boiling liquid while stirring. Historically, the cooking process was laborious and time consuming and required that the cook stand at the pot stirring for 20 minutes to an hour. Because this cooking time was inconvenient, producers of polenta developed two responses. First, they partially cooked the polenta and then dehydrated it and reconstituted it as instant polenta which could then be cooked again in the home needing only 3-5 minutes of stirring. Second, they completely cooked the polenta and then packed it into pre-cooked tubes where it hardened into the soft cake consistency. Both of these techniques shortened the preparation time considerably but both had their disadvantages in taste and flexibility. Many consumers, especially those seeking organic foods, avoided prepared, pre-cooked foods in favor of the real thing. De la Estancia polenta is unique among all the polentas because it cooks faster than the instant variety and is more flexible than the hard polenta found in the tube variety but de la Estancia polenta is NOT pre-cooked, processed or treated in any way. It is a completely natural product that cooks quickly because the corn that grows in Argentina is different than the corn grown in Europe and the United States and results in a superior polenta. The low starch level also means that the polenta is less gluey. The grind and the low starch level mean that de la Estancia polenta cooks much faster than traditional polenta - de la Estancia polenta cooks in just 1 minute. It simply cooks fast naturally. We have been a leader in the foodservice industry for almost 20 years. We will do our utmost to satisfy you - our customer and our greatest asset!

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