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Frangollo
Frangollo: Canarian cornmeal and milk pudding with raisins, almonds and lemon
Frangollo was once poor people's food on Lanzarote and La Palma, coarse cornmeal (millo) cooked in milk to stretch a meal; now it is the pudding grandmothers make for Carnival and Christmas, sold in slabs at village fiestas. The cornmeal is cooked slowly with milk, sugar, lemon peel and cinnamon, then enriched with butter, egg, raisins and almonds, left to set and cut into squares. It is often finished with a drizzle of palm honey from La Gomera. Chef's tip: stir constantly and use a heavy pan, because thick cornmeal catches on the bottom in seconds.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
To serve
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Heat the 4 ¼ cups whole milk with the 1 strip of lemon peel, 1 cinnamon stick and 4 oz sugar until steaming. Remove the peel and cinnamon.
6 minStep 2: Pour in the 5 ½ oz fine cornmeal (polenta) in a thin stream, whisking hard. Switch to a wooden spoon and cook over a low heat for 15–20 minutes, stirring constantly, until it is thick and pulls away from the sides. A common mistake is adding the cornmeal all at once; it clumps into lumps that never soften.
20 minStep 3: Beat in the 1 ⅜ oz butter, then take off the heat and quickly beat in the 1 egg. Return to a low heat for 2 minutes, stirring, so the egg cooks through.
3 minStep 4: Stir in the 2 ⅛ oz raisins and 2 ⅛ oz toasted chopped almonds, spread into a buttered 20 cm square dish and smooth the top. Cool, then chill for 2 hours until set.
5 minStep 5: Cut into squares, dust with the ½ tsp ground cinnamon and serve with 4 tbsp palm honey or runny honey.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 39 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does frangollo take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of cinnamon stick?
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon per stick.
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