panisse

English

Etymology

French panisse, from Italian panissa.

Noun

panisse (plural panisses)

1. 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.

Italian

Noun

panisse f

1. plural of panissa

Anagrams

• Pessina, espansi, penassi