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panisse

panisse noun: one of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.

Noun

panisse (plural panisses)

  1. One of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.
    • Serve the greens alongside a pile of panisses and garnish with a sprinkling of Pecorino Romano and the remaining lemon wedges.2017, Jenn Louis, Kathleen Squires, The Book of Greens: A Cook's Compendium of 40 Varieties, from Arugula to Watercress, with More Than 175 Recipes, →ISBN, page 122
    • Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied.2025 June 14, Robin Van Liebergen, “How not to summer in Marseille”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

Forms of panisse

pluralpanisses

Origin of panisse

From French panisse.

Questions about panisse

What does panisse mean?
Panisse means one of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.
What part of speech is panisse?
Panisse is a noun.
What is the plural of panisse?
The plural of panisse is panisses.

Words near panisse in the dictionary

  1. panisidines
  2. Panisk
  3. Panisks
  4. Panislamic
  5. Panislamism
  6. panisse
  7. panisses
  8. Panitan
  9. panitumumab
  10. Panitya
  11. panivorous

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