Please help me find polenta!

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Hi, I'm trying to bake a gluten free cake for my friend who is having a difficult time at the moment. She is only able to eat gluten free and the recipe asks for polenta. I tried morrisons and tesco but couldn't find it. Which shops normally sell it and which isle would I find it in please?! Does it go by another name?

Thank you!

I've seen it in tesco, sainsburys and lidl. Did you ask?

You should find it in a large Tesco, I've bought it there and in Waitrose. An alternative would be finely ground semolina (same thing). Make sure it's finely ground, or your cake will be crunchy!

Sorry - aisle would be Italian (savoury) food where the pasta and arborio rice are

Tesco, may be in the world food isle

semolina is made of wheat and will make your friend ill.
polenta is made from corn / maize

I found some in Waitrose

Thanks for your help and quick replies! I did ask in both stores but both people didn't know what it was and as I had never seen it either I wasn't much help!

Do you have a Carluccio's near you? They sell it. I bought a bag in Marks and Spencer too.

Great - thank you! Plenty of places sell it then (if you know what you are looking for!) will try again tomorrow. Can't wait to bake this cake - orange and amaretto cake, a work colleague made it once and it was delicious

Nigella has a recipe for lemon polenta cake, it's lush! Don't overbeat the eggs or use 4 small instead of 3 large though or it will have a scrambled egg tinge to it

Depends where you buy it. The one in Carluccios is a yellow paper bag.

Sometimes the bags are plastic, like this www.golosinasya.com.ar/tienda/image/cache/data/Arcor/Polenta-Presto-Pronta-Arcor%2030x500g-500x500.jpg

And the polenta looks like this remarkablydomestic.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/polenta.jpg

Italian Deli will absolutely have some too, or you could try a normal deli too as you never know.

Thanks ladySybil, that's really helpful

Any chance you could share the recipe as I have a huuuuge bag of polenta!

this one?

Thank you.
I have the ingredients, so that's definitely going onto the Easter menu

Sainsburys sell it too, only £1.10 a bag.

www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-polenta-400g

I had a slice on the train and I almost missed my stop as I was still eating it Jamie Oliver makes polenta chips but they are not great, the lemon cake's sooooo much better.

No Sainsbods near here

Here's the recipe I used which is based on the nigella one

www.renbehan.com/2011/03/orange-amaretto-polenta-cake.html

I made it yesterday and my friend really liked it. I now have a huge bag of polenta so will be making it again!

It's sometimes labelled cornmeal. In the whole foods bit.

Ah - I see you already found some. I love polenta cake!