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panino

  (pə-nē') pronunciation
n., pl. pa·ni·ni (-nē).

An Italian sandwich made usually with vegetables, cheese, and grilled or cured meat.

[Short for Italian panino (imbottito), stuffed bread, sandwich : panino, diminutive of pane, bread + imbottito, past participle of imbottire, to stuff.]


 
 

pl. panini [pah-NEE-noh; pah-NEE-nee] Italian for "small bread," referring to a sandwich or roll.

 
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Panino terracina from a Toronto restaurant.  Its chief ingredients include prosciutto, arugula, and bocconcini.
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Panino terracina from a Toronto restaurant. Its chief ingredients include prosciutto, arugula, and bocconcini.

A panino (IPA: [pʰəˈninəʊ]) is a sandwich made from a small loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta. The loaf is often cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, meat, cheese or other food, and sometimes served hot. A grilled panino is buttered on the outside and grilled in a press.

The word "panino" [pa'ni:no] is Italian (literally meaning small bread roll), with the plural panini. "Panini" is often used in a singular sense by speakers of languages that borrow the word, including English and French, and pluralised when necessary into "paninis".

"Panini" is also a brand of grill made specifically for grilling these sandwiches.

In Italian, panino refers variously to a bread roll and a sandwich, and a paninoteca is a sandwich bar. In Central Italy, there is a popular version of panino which is filled with porchetta, i.e. slices of roasted pork.

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During the 1980s, the term paninaro (slang term born to indicate maker and seller of panini, or its shop) was used to denote a youngsters' culture typical of teenagers supposed to eat and meet in sandwich bars such as Milan’s Al Panino and then in the first US-style fast food being opened in Italy in the mid-80s. Paninari were depicted as fashion-fixated, vapid individuals, delighting in showcasing early 80s status symbols such as Timberland shoes, Moncler accessories, Ray-Ban sunglasses and articles from Armani, Coveri, Controvento. They were lampooned in the Italia 1 comedy show Drive-in by Enzo Braschi. A track entitled 'Paninaro' appears on Pet Shop Boys' albums Disco and Alternative.


 
 

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