Everything you need to know about the machine

If you need to cook and/or have available for the entire service (from a few minutes to many hours) hot polenta you must buy a professional polentera.

How long can you keep the polenta in the pulentera?

The machine is designed to keep polenta hot and ready to serve, So as long as there is polenta in the pan and until you turn off the machine you can keep your preparation warm.

Is polenta still good after a few hours?

The more it cooks, the better and more digestible the polenta becomes, you will notice a greater taste of a polenta extracted from the machine after three hours than an extract from the machine after one hour.

What does it take to make a good polenta and how many hours of cooking are needed?

Simply water, flour and salt. Cooking times range from one hour for the small model to about three hours for large models.

Which type of flour to use?

The machine has no need for flour, you can use what you prefer (yellow, white, with buckwheat, fine ground, coarse, stone etc...).  A coarse - stone - whole-grain flour holds better the cooking of a very fine and industrially ground meal. But there may be exceptions. We recommend not to use pre-cooked or instant flour

Can I add more flour to a ready-made polenta?

It is possible to add new water and flour with already cooked content in the pan but you must wait for the new flour inserted cook before serving.

Can I add other ingredients besides water, flour and salt?
All the ingredients can be added soft or ground and flours. Hard parts (hard cheeses, with crust) cannot be inserted because the mixer would lock.  It is not recommended to use the cheeses because heated for many hours they lose consistency and turn flavor, you can do if you think of distributing in a short time (30 minutes/ 1 hour) All the polenta so seasoned.

How to use professional polentera?

The machine has two working moments: "cooking" (high temperature and particular mixing cycle) and "maintenance" (lower temperature and consequent mixing configuration). The operator must set the two working moments, turning the control knobs, one for temperature and one for mixing, once it is cooked polenta.

The machine remains in "cooking" mode until the operator, having noticed that it has been cooked, turns it into "maintenance" mode.

Can I leave the oven on without checking it?

No, leaving a cooking machine on unattended for a long time is a behavior to avoid, as a rule, with any cooking device.

Cleaning: how to do it?

After each cooking when the service is finished, the machine must be turned off and dismantled, the pan is removed and washed. The disassembly operation takes about 40 seconds. The cleaning operation in average 8/10 minutes.  If you plan to make a new cooking cycle immediately after emptying the first one, it is not necessary to clean the machine, but you can recharge the ingredients immediately.

Can I reuse the leftover polenta the next day?

No. Since the machine must be emptied and cleaned you will have a solid (because cooled) leftover polenta extracted from the machine. It can no longer be put back into the machine and, unless it has been immediately placed in a baking tray and cut down (to be served in slices in the following days, for example), it must be disposed of.

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