 Panino imbottito | |
| Alternative names | Panino (Italian singular form),panino imbottito orpanino ripieno (lit. 'stuffed panino') |
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| Type | Sandwich |
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Serving temperature | Warm or room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Italianbread (notsliced bread), filling (salumi,cotoletta,cheese,vegetables) |
Panini (/pəˈniːniː/; nowadays less commonly calledpanino,pronounced[pa'niːno]) aresandwiches made withItalianbread (such asciabatta andmichetta), usually served warm after grilling or toasting.[1]
In manyEnglish-speaking countries, the namepanini is given to a grilled sandwich made using various breads. The bread is cut horizontally and filled withdeli ingredients, and often served warm after having been pressed by awarming grill.
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Panini is a word ofItalian origin. In Italian, the nounpanino (Italian:[pa'niːno];pl.:panini) is adiminutive ofpane (lit. 'bread') and refers to abread roll.Panino imbottito (lit. 'stuffed panini') refers to a sandwich, but the wordpanino is also often used alone to indicate a sandwich in general.[citation needed]
In English dominant countries,panini is widely used as the singular form, with the plural formpanini orpaninis, although some speakers use singularpanino and pluralpanini as in Italian.[2][3][4][5][6]
Although the first US reference to panini dates to 1956, and a precursor appeared in a 16th-century Italian cookbook, the sandwiches became trendy in Milanese bars, calledpaninoteche, in the 1970s and 1980s. Trendy US restaurants began selling panini, with distinctive variations appearing in various cities.[7]
During the 1980s, the termpaninaro arose in Italy to denote a member of a youth culture represented by patrons of sandwich bars, such asMilan'sAl Panino, and Italy's first US-stylefast food restaurants.Paninari were depicted as right-leaning, fashion-fixated individuals, delighting in showcasing early-1980s consumer goods asstatus symbols.[8][9]
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