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Language: Italian

Description: A sort of thin crêpe or pancake of chickpea (US: garbanzo bean) flour fried in olive oil called farinata, almost like polenta, with onions, served in crisp slabs and ending up as a sort of onion tart.


Pronounced: pah-NEES-sah
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Liguria
Also known as: paniccia

See places: Italian food and cuisine, Liguria

See foods and dishes: farinata |