A type of Tuscan salad made with anchovies, chopped salad vegetables, and bread soaked in dressing.
‘These thoughts were brought about by the fact that I wanted to make panzanella, a Tuscan salad that will gainfully employ good-quality stale bread.’
‘The famed panzanella bread salads of Tuscany would be lost without their share of bread cubes soaked with vinaigrette.’
‘And at the Sullivan Street Bakery, the owners make panzanella, the traditional Italian bread salad.’
‘The two robust meat dishes I sampled - short ribs and lamb shoulder - were braised to a kind of savory, marshmallow softness and served, respectively, over panzanella and with a crumbling of tangy sheep's-milk cheese.’
‘The croutons in the panzanella salad were about the size of golf balls and nearly as difficult to eat.’
Origin
Italian, from pane ‘bread’ + zanella ‘small basket’.
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