Panino con Cotoletta
Breaded cutlet (veal or chicken) on bread; Milanese-style most famous.
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Breaded cutlet (veal or chicken) on bread; Milanese-style most famous.
Breaded veal cutlet on bread; can be bone-in or boneless, sometimes with arugula.
Corallina (Roman salami with visible fat cubes); similar to mortadella but leaner.
Coppiette (dried, spiced pork strips, originally horse meat); chewy, intensely flavored snack.
Sandwich on coppia ferrarese IGP (twisted, crunchy bread); unique shape.
Coppa from Piacenza DOP; cured pork neck, marbled and flavorful.
Head cheese Marche-style on bread.
Comically named 'mule's testicles' salami (actually large pork salami); Norcia specialty.
Sandwich on ciriola (short Roman baguette).
Sweet red onion of Tropea IGP on sandwich; mild, sweet, often raw or in marmalade.
Salumi from Cinta Senese heritage pigs (black with white belt); prized, intensely flavored pork.
Broccoli rabe (cime di rapa) sautéed with garlic, chili, anchovy on bread; bitter green.
Cima (stuffed veal breast with eggs, vegetables, offal); sliced cold for sandwiches.
Ciauscolo IGP (soft, spreadable salami from Marche); smeared on bread like pâté, heavily spiced with garlic, black pepper.
Sandwich on ciabatta bread (crisp crust, open crumb, olive oil); invented 1982 in Veneto.
The controversial 'rotten cheese' with live insect larvae; illegal to sell, still made and eaten; strong, pungent, ammonia-rich.
Castelmagno DOP (blue-veined cow's milk cheese from Cuneo); crumbly, intense, rare.
Cassoeula (pork and cabbage stew) components on bread; winter dish.
Casera DOP cheese (semi-hard cow's milk); more available than Bitto.
Casciotta d'Urbino DOP (sheep and cow milk cheese); mild, mentioned as Michelangelo's favorite cheese.
Horse meat (grilled or raw) on bread; Catania specialty.
A whole globe artichoke braised soft with wild Roman mint, sliced and laid between bread. Not the fried alla giudia: the romana goes in wet, herb-soaked, and tender to the core.
A whole artichoke pressed open and fried twice until the leaves go to glass and the heart stays tender, then raced into bread before the crisp fades. The Roman Jewish quarter's signature, in a loaf.
Elaborate layered seafood and vegetable salad as sandwich filling; usually too complex for sandwich form.