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Dry breadcrumbs in a shallow earthenware dish.

Fine breadcrumbs

Pangrattato is grated bread used in Italian coatings and doughs such as passatelli.

Italian name
Pangrattato
Uses
Coatings and passatelli dough

At the table

For Emilia-Romagna’s passatelli, combine grated stale bread with Parmigiano, eggs and spices before cooking in broth. Use breadcrumbs to complete the coating of the protected stuffed Oliva Ascolana del Piceno.

Match the bread and texture to the recipe rather than assuming a seasoned coating mix will work in a pasta dough.

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