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piadina

piadina noun: a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna historical region.

piadina: a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna historical region
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Noun

piadina (plural piadine or piadinas)

  1. A thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna historical region.
    • Sometimes olive oil is used instead of lard, and milk or baker’s yeast is added, but the essential “ingredient” is the skillful touch of the cook who mixes, kneads, and shapes the piadina. […] Piadinas must be eaten as soon as they are cooked: a cold piadina is heavy and hard to digest and loses...1999, Rosalba Gioffrè, Gabriella Ganugi, “Piadina: A Taste of Summer”, in Emilia Romagna (Flavors of Italy), Alexandria, Va.: Time Life Books, →ISBN, page 22
    • The menu offers simple Italian dishes and piadinas, the round, unleavened griddled bread that has been eaten for centuries in the Romagna region. A piadina is a wonderful appetizer for two, particularly with stuffings like prosciutto or cheese and arugula.2001, William Grimes, Eric Asimov, Ruth Reichl, The New York Times Guide to Restaurants in New York City 2001, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times, →ISBN, page 323

Examples of piadina in a sentence

  • Elaine McArdle’s café beside Dublin Castle has four – four – tables, and the most jam-packed piadinas you ever did eat.2007, John McKenna, Sally McKenna, The Bridgestone Irish Food Guide (Bridgestone Guides), Durrus, County Cork: Estragon Press, →ISBN, page...
  • Created by two friends, Piadina Slowfood makes fabulous stews, curries rolls and – of course – piadinas.2007, Viviane Stappmanns, Ewan McEoin, editors, The Melbourne Design Guide, 2nd edition, [Melbourne, Vic.]: lab.3000, →ISBN, page 274...
  • It was for this reason I developed a love for piadinas, for gelato on-the-street, for on-the-hop restaurant ravioli, and most of all for the Italian patisserie.2008, David Mohan, “Written in Gold”, in Eileen Casey, editor, Flavours of Home: Recipes and Memories of Home; Celebrating 2008, the Year...
  • Lift each piadina onto a baking tray, drizzle with garlic oil (if using) and sprinkle with rosemary.2009, Pam Talimanidis, À La Grecque: Our Greek Table, Prahran, Vic.: Hardie Grant Books, →ISBN, page 184:

Forms of piadina

pluralpiadine
pluralpiadinas

Origin of piadina

Borrowed from Italian piadina.

Questions about piadina

What does piadina mean?
Piadina means a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna historical region.
How do you use piadina in a sentence?
Elaine McArdle’s café beside Dublin Castle has four – four – tables, and the most jam-packed piadinas you ever did eat.
What part of speech is piadina?
Piadina is a noun.
What is the plural of piadina?
The plural of piadina is piadine.

Words near piadina in the dictionary

  1. piacularity
  2. piacularly
  3. piaculative
  4. piaculous
  5. piaculum
  6. piadina
  7. piadinas
  8. piadine
  9. Piaf
  10. piaffe
  11. piaffed

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