Paninaro Style
The 'paninari' youth subculture centered on premium American-style sandwiches at Milan's Panino spots.
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The 'paninari' youth subculture centered on premium American-style sandwiches at Milan's Panino spots.
Soft sesame roll (vastedda) filled with boiled veal spleen and lung, fried in lard; eaten 'schietta' (single/plain with lemon) or 'marita...
Spleen sandwich 'single'—just spleen, lung, and lemon juice; traditional version.
Palermo's spleen roll wed to cheese: lard-fried veal spleen and lung in a sesame vastedda, finished with shaved caciocavallo and a spoon of ricotta to round the iron edge.
Panelle with fried eggplant slices.
Sfincione (thick, spongy Sicilian pizza with tomato, onion, anchovy, breadcrumbs, caciocavallo) eaten folded or in bread.
Chickpea flour fritters (panelle) in soft sesame roll; Sicilian street food staple, often with crocchè.
Panelle with potato croquettes (crocchè) in roll; double-fried carb heaven.
Potato croquettes in bread; simple fried potato sandwich.
Michetta with Milanese salami (fine-grained, mild, garlicky).
Michetta with cooked ham; common Milanese lunch.
Michetta filled with cotoletta alla milanese (breaded, fried veal cutlet); Milan's famous cutlet as sandwich.
The sweet maritozzo bun (usually filled with whipped cream) made savory with cold cuts or cheese.
Lampredotto emphasizing the green sauce made from parsley, capers, anchovies, vinegar, and garlic.
Lampredotto with the spicy red chili sauce; fiery variation.
Lampredotto with both bun halves dipped in the cooking broth; extra-moist.
Traditional roll similar to vastedda; used for various fillings.
Gorgonzola with walnuts on bread; classic combination.
Paper cone filled with fried foods (zeppole, arancini, frittatine, crocchè); street food, sometimes eaten sandwich-style.
Cotoletta with peppery arugula on top.
A cold Milanese veal cutlet under fresh drained tomato: the crust fried in butter, the juice held off it, a summer panino where the whole craft is keeping the shatter dry long enough to bite.
Sicilian ciabatta with local ingredients.