polenta

It brings an earthy heft that you can’t get from flour alone, like the bite of a cornmeal-crusted pie or the dense texture of a polenta cake.

The caption of the video, which was shared in conjunction with the Instagram account home.made.nation, notes that Ray served the Bennetts osso bucco with creamy polenta and bread.

The sides are imaginative; think beef fat fries offered alongside mushroom polenta and Japanese purple potato.

“I came with my American dream, but Tijuana claimed me,” Petit Frere said with a laugh as cooks worked from a menu that includes polenta with black beans and fried fish with banana.

“I guess I’m going to have this polenta I’ve had 12 times,” he says, laughing.