Pancotto
Pancotto is a soup prepared with pieces of stale bread boiled in broth or water and seasoned. It is a dish from the cuisine of recovery that recalls the thrifty and humble mentality of the peasant culture that never would have wasted a crumb of bread, present in all regions of Italy with infinite variations due to the type of bread, the liquid used and the cooking process. As a consequence, it is called in different ways, such as Lombard panada, Ligurian pancheuto and Sardinian pane cottu. In the past, especially in Lombardy and in Tuscany, it was used to promote lactation and it was served to convalescents.
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