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A Florentine roll filled with folded lampredotto strips and parsley sauce.

Panino con il lampredotto

Florentine rolls filled with tender lampredotto, parsley sauce and a top dipped briefly in the hot cooking broth.

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Buy cleaned, blanched lampredotto prepared for cooking by a butcher. Do not replace it with honeycomb tripe or attempt to clean an unprepared stomach using this recipe.

Make ahead Cook the filling ahead if useful, then divide it with its broth into shallow containers and refrigerate promptly. Reheat thoroughly in the broth. Fill and dip the bread only when you are ready to eat.

Prep
25 min
Cook
1 hr 45 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy

Panino con il lampredotto

Prep 25 min · Cook 1 hr 45 min · Serves 4 · Difficulty Easy

Method

  1. Put the broth water, carrots, tomatoes, onions, celery, cloves, 15 g parsley sprigs and salt in the stockpot. Bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. Add the prepared lampredotto; return to a gentle simmer, cover partly and cook about 90 minutes, until a fork enters easily and the folds are tender. Keep it submerged, topping up with hot water if necessary.Put the broth water, carrots, tomatoes, onions, celery, cloves, ½ oz parsley sprigs and salt in the stockpot. Bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. Add the prepared lampredotto; return to a gentle simmer, cover partly and cook about 90 minutes, until a fork enters easily and the folds are tender. Keep it submerged, topping up with hot water if necessary.

  2. Hard-boil enough whole eggs for the sauce: put them in a small pan, cover with water and bring to a gentle boil. Simmer 9 minutes, cool in cold water and peel. Use the amount of peeled egg listed in the ingredients, setting any extra aside. Finely chop that portion with the 40 g parsley leaves, anchovies, capers and garlic. Stir in the oil to make a spoonable sauce.Hard-boil enough whole eggs for the sauce: put them in a small pan, cover with water and bring to a gentle boil. Simmer 9 minutes, cool in cold water and peel. Use the amount of peeled egg listed in the ingredients, setting any extra aside. Finely chop that portion with the 1½ oz parsley leaves, anchovies, capers and garlic. Stir in the oil to make a spoonable sauce.

  3. Lift the tender lampredotto out of the broth and slice into narrow strips across the folds. Keep the broth hot. Toss the meat with a little broth and the pepper; taste before adding extra salt.Lift the tender lampredotto out of the broth and slice into narrow strips across the folds. Keep the broth hot. Toss the meat with a little broth and the pepper; taste before adding extra salt.

  4. Split the rolls. Share the hot filling and parsley sauce between the bases. Dip only the cut face of each top briefly in the hot broth, let excess liquid drip away and close the rolls. Serve immediately, while the bread still holds its shape.Split the rolls. Share the hot filling and parsley sauce between the bases. Dip only the cut face of each top briefly in the hot broth, let excess liquid drip away and close the rolls. Serve immediately, while the bread still holds its shape.

Nonna's tips

  1. A quick dip

    Moisten the top rather than soaking the entire roll. Too much broth makes it difficult to hold the sandwich.

The story behind Panino con il lampredotto

Lampredotto is beef abomasum, the fourth stomach compartment, simmered in a vegetable broth and sliced into Florentine rolls. Its folded texture is different from honeycomb tripe. A little parsley sauce and a broth-dipped top complete this version of the city’s street-food sandwich.

A Florentine roll filled with folded lampredotto strips and parsley sauce.
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Florence’s trippai serve lampredotto from hot pots at street stalls. The semelle is a round Florentine roll; a rosetta-style roll is a practical alternative here.

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