panisse

English

Etymology

From French panisse.

Noun

panisse (plural panisses)

1. One of a portion of chickpea fries (chips), made from a kind of chickpea polenta chilled, cut into slices, dredged in flour, and fried.
   • 2017, Jenn Louis, Kathleen Squires, The Book of Greens: A Cook's Compendium of 40 Varieties, from Arugula to Watercress, with More Than 175 Recipes, →ISBN, page 122:

     Serve the greens alongside a pile of panisses and garnish with a sprinkling of Pecorino Romano and the remaining lemon wedges.

   • 2025 June 14, Robin Van Liebergen, “How not to summer in Marseille”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian panissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.nis/

Noun

panisse f (plural panisses)

1. (Meridional) panisse (fried chickpea)
   • 2021 November 13, Marie Aline, “Resto : Cicéron, une adresse de pois”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     La chakchouka tiède caresse le palais. Le poivron rouge enveloppe en douceur les pois chiches à la texture tonique. Pour dévorer la panisse, une trempette dans la chakchouka s’avère la bonne idée.

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See also

• cade
• socca

Further reading

• panisse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Noun

panisse f

1. plural of panissa

Anagrams

• Pessina, espansi, penassi