Panini (sandwich)
{{Short description|Italian-style sandwich}}
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{{Infobox food
| name = Panini
| image = Italian Sandwich.jpeg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = {{lang|it|Panino imbottito}}
| alternate_name = Panino (Italian singular form), {{lang|it|panino imbottito}} or {{lang|it|panino ripieno}} ({{literally|stuffed panino}})
| country = Italy
| region =
| creator =
| course =
| type = Sandwich
| served = Warm or room temperature
| main_ingredient = Italian bread (not sliced bread), filling ({{lang|it|salumi}}, {{lang|it|cotoletta}}, cheese, vegetables)
| variations =
}}
Panini ({{IPAc-en|p|@|'|n|i:|n|i:}}; nowadays less commonly called panino, {{IPA|it|pa'niːno|pron}}) are sandwiches made with Italian bread (such as ciabatta and {{lang|it|michetta}}), usually served warm after grilling or toasting.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Definition of PANINI |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panini |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}
In many English-speaking countries, the name {{lang|it|panini}} is given to a grilled sandwich made using various breads. The bread is cut horizontally and filled with deli ingredients, and often served warm after having been pressed by a warming grill.
Etymology
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{{lang|it|Panini}} is a word of Italian origin. In Italian, the noun {{lang|it|panino}} ({{IPA|it|pa'niːno|lang}}; {{plural form}}: {{lang|it|panini}}) is a diminutive of {{lang|it|pane}} ({{literally|bread}}) and refers to a bread roll. {{lang|it|Panino imbottito}} ({{literally|stuffed panini}}) refers to a sandwich, but the word {{lang|it|panino}} is also often used alone to indicate a sandwich in general.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
In English dominant countries, {{lang|it|panini}} is widely used as the singular form, with the plural form {{lang|it|panini}} or {{lang|it|paninis}}, although some speakers use singular {{lang|it|panino}} and plural {{lang|it|panini}} as in Italian.{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/food/article/Ask-The-Critic-Panini-vs-panino-a-singular-1181800.php |title=Ask The Critic: Panini vs. panino—a singular answer to a plural faux pas |first=Rebekah |last=Denn |date=30 August 2005 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}{{cite web |last=Tyner |first=Maggie T. |date=16 April 2012 |title=Panini or Panino? A "Pressing" Question |url=https://10best.usatoday.com/food-drink/panini-or-panino-a-pressing-question/ |publisher=USA Today |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321172121/https://10best.usatoday.com/food-drink/panini-or-panino-a-pressing-question/ |archive-date=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-03-21}}{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/panini |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714042851/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/panini |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=panini |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 June 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tasteandflavours.com/2012/09/panini-origin-and-varieties.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909042324/http://www.tasteandflavours.com/2012/09/panini-origin-and-varieties.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 9, 2012|title=Panini – Origin and Varieties |date=5 September 2012 |work=Taste and Flavours}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2NjCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA463 | title=Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage | access-date=31 May 2016 | last=Butterfield |first=Jeremy | year=2016 | page=463 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-966631-7}}
History
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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, called {{lang|it|paninoteche}}, in the 1970s and 1980s. Trendy US restaurants began selling panini, with distinctive variations appearing in various cities.{{cite web |last=Zeldes |first=Leah A. |date=28 October 2009 |title=Eat this! Panini, Italy's answer to grilled cheese |url=http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/10/28/eat-this-panini-italys-answer-to-grilled-cheese/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031204232/http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/10/28/eat-this-panini-italys-answer-to-grilled-cheese/ |archive-date=31 October 2009 |access-date=30 October 2009 |work=Dining Chicago}}
During the 1980s, the term {{lang|it|paninaro}} arose in Italy to denote a member of a youth culture represented by patrons of sandwich bars, such as Milan's {{lang|it|Al Panino}}, and Italy's first US-style fast food restaurants. {{lang|it|Paninari}} were depicted as right-leaning, fashion-fixated individuals, delighting in showcasing early-1980s consumer goods as status symbols.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/paninaro/ |title=paninari |encyclopedia=Vocabolario |publisher=Treccani |language=it |access-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908073524/https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/paninaro/ |archive-date=8 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://dizionari.repubblica.it/Italiano/P/paninaro.php |title=paninari |publisher=La Repubblica |work=Dizionario Italiano |language=it |access-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321172544/https://dizionari.repubblica.it/Italiano/P/paninaro.html |archive-date=2025-03-21}}
See also
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{{Commons category-inline|Mortadella sandwiches}}
{{Portal|Italy|Food}}
- List of sandwiches
- {{lang|it|Panuozzo}}
- {{lang|it|Tramezzino}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice: A Management View |edition=third |author1=Katsigris, Costas |author2=Thomas, Chris |date=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-0-470-44082-7}}
- {{cite book|title=The Ultimate Panini Press Cookbook: More than 200 Perfect-Every-Time Recipes for Making Panini – and Lots of Other Things – on Your Panini Press or Other Countertop Grill|author=Strahs, Kathy |date= 2013 |publisher=Harvard Common Press|isbn= 978-1-55832-792-4}}
- {{cite book |first=Anthony |last=Tripodi |date= 2011 |title=The Everything Panini Press Cookbook |publisher= Adams Media|isbn=9781440527692}}
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