Cucina italiana · Madras, Oregon
Lake Como cooking, at home in Central Oregon
Northern Italian comfort food from Fabrizio's home in Lombardy, served Thursday to Sunday at 200 SW 5th Street.
Mountain comfort foods
Polenta, the heart of northern Italy
Simple ingredients. Deep roots. A dish that has fed generations.
Polenta Uncia
Lake Como's own polenta. Coarse cornmeal is layered and baked with melted alpine cow and goat cheeses, like Valtellina Casera or Bitto, with butter and garlic.
What is polenta?
Cornmeal slowly cooked in water until soft and creamy. It can be served warm and spoonable, or cooled, sliced, grilled or baked. In northern Italy it goes with braised meats, mushrooms, sausage, cheese and rich sauces. For generations it was not a side dish but the foundation of the family meal.
A short history
Its roots reach back to the grain porridges of ancient Rome. After maize arrived from the Americas in the 1500s, polenta flourished on the northern plains and became a staple in Lombardy, Veneto and Friuli. Each area kept its own tradition, from yellow and white corn polenta to buckwheat polenta in alpine valleys like Valtellina.
The polenta we serve: Floriani Red Flint
We cook with Floriani Red Flint cornmeal from Camas Country Mill. Floriani is an Italian landrace corn prized for polenta, with a fuller, more distinctive corn flavor and a rustic character. Its hearty texture and rich color suit the slow-cooked braises, mushrooms and sauces served with polenta in northern Italy.
Why it matters
For many northern Italians, polenta is the food of home, family and memory. A few basic ingredients, transformed with patience into something warm, generous and deeply Italian.
About Fabrizio
From Lake Como to Madras
Fabrizio Tettamanzi grew up on Lake Como, in Lombardy in northern Italy, close to the Alps. Lombardy is known for its culture and its fashion, and above all for its sense of community.
Central Oregon reminds him of home. Fabrizio's Italian Kitchen is his way of sharing the food he grew up with.
The Italian Alien Cooking ShowCook along with Fabrizio on YouTube
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Bring Fabrizio's kitchen to your table
Catering, private dinners and cooking classes may be on the way. Details will be posted here.
Hours
- Thursday
- 4 to 7 pm
- Friday
- 4 to 7 pm
- Saturday
- 4 to 7 pm
- Sunday
- 11 am to 4 pm
- Monday to Wednesday
- Closed
Find us
200 SW 5th StreetMadras, Oregon 97741
Contact
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