🥣 Melonz: traditional recipe from Valchiavenna made with yellow flour and milk
A humble yet nourishing dish, rediscovered today as a comfort food from the past 🌽🍶
Introduction
The Melonz is a rustic and caloric preparation typical of Valchiavenna, handed down from generation to generation.
Made with yellow flour, milk, and butter, it originated as a peasant dish that is poor yet rich in energy, often served for breakfast or as a warm meal on cold winter days.
Its disarming simplicity hides a wraparound and reassuring flavor, fragrant with the warmth of a fireplace and mountain traditions. Served in a bowl with hot milk, the Melonz is a true dive into the past. 🍲✨
📝 Ingredients
- Yellow flour (corn) to taste
- Whole milk to taste
- Butter (in abundance for toasting)
- Salt to taste
👩🍳 Step-by-step preparation
- In a bowl, moisten the yellow flour with a little salted milk, mixing until you obtain a dough that is moist but not liquid.
- In a thick-bottomed pot, melt a generous amount of butter.
- Pour in the flour mixture and toast it over medium-low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon.
- Continue stirring until the mixture takes on a nice golden color.
- At the end of cooking, add a knob of fresh butter to finish.
- Serve the Melonz in a bowl, accompanying it with hot milk poured at the moment.
The image of the dishes is purely indicative and does not necessarily correspond exactly to the recipe
(Carlo Tedoldi – Chiavenna)
