Panini (sandwich)

Panini

A typical panini with salami, mortadella, tomatoes and lettuce
Alternative names Panini sandwich, panino, panino imbottito
Type Sandwich
Place of origin Italy
Serving temperature Warm or room temperature
Main ingredients Bread (not sliced bread), filling (salami, ham, cheese, mortadella)
Cookbook: Panini  Media: Panini

In many English-speaking countries, a panini or panino (from the Italian panini [paˈniːni], meaning "sandwiches") is a grilled sandwich made from bread other than sliced bread.

Examples of bread types used for panini are baguette, ciabatta, and michetta. The bread is cut horizontally and filled with deli ingredients such as cheese, ham, mortadella, salami, or other food, and often served warm after having been pressed by a warming grill.

Etymology

Panini is a word of Italian origin. In Italian the noun panino (Italian: [pa'ni:no]; plural panini) is a diminutive of pane ("bread") and literally refers to a bread roll. Panino imbottito ("stuffed panino") refers to a sandwich, but the word panino is also often used alone to indicate a sandwich in general. Similar to panino is tramezzino, a triangular or square sandwich made up of two slices of soft white bread with the crusts removed.

In English-speaking countries, panini is widely used as the singular form, with the plural form panini or paninis, though some speakers use singular panino and plural panini as in Italian.[1][2][3][4]

History

Although the first U.S. reference to panini dates to 1956, and a precursor appeared in a 16th-century Italian cookbook, the sandwiches became trendy in Milanese bars, called paninoteche, in the 1970s and 1980s. Trendy U.S. restaurants, particularly in New York, began selling panini, whose popularity began during the late 1990s, then spread to other U.S. cities, each producing distinctive variations of it.[5]

During the 1980s, the term paninaro arose in Italy to denote a member of a youth culture represented by patrons of sandwich bars such as Milan's Al Panino and Italy's first US-style fast food restaurants. Paninari were depicted as right-leaning, fashion-fixated individuals, delighting in showcasing early 1980s consumer goods as status symbols.[6][7][8]

Panini sandwich grills

Panini grill

A sandwich being lifted off a panini grill
Classification Cooking equipment
Industry Various
Application Cooking
Fuel source Electric

A panini press or grill is a contact grill for heating sandwiches, meat products, vegetables, and specialty menu items, nearly always with electric elements, comprising a heated bottom plate that is fixed, and a heated top plate that closes towards the bottom plate and comes in contact with the food. The function of the panini grill is to heat food to an appropriate internal temperature with desirable external characteristics (i.e. food safe, melted cheese, crisp finish, grill marks).[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "panini". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Panini – Origin and Varieties". Taste and Flavours. September 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ Denn, Rebekah (August 30, 2005). "Ask The Critic: Panini vs. panino—a singular answer to a plural faux pas". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  4. ↑ Butterfield, Jeremy. "Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage". Oxford University Press. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-19-966631-7. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Zeldes, Leah A. (October 28, 2009). "Eat this! Panini, Italy's answer to grilled cheese". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  6. ↑ "paninari". Dizionario di Italiano (in Italian). La República. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  7. ↑ "paninaro". Dizionario Italiano (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ↑ "paninari". Vocabulario (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  9. ↑ "What is a Panini Press". indoorgrillreviews.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

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