Pan bagnat facts for kids
A pan bagnat
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| Type | Sandwich |
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| Place of origin | France |
| Region or state | Nice |
| Main ingredients | Pain de campagne or round white bread, radishes or/and scallion, green bell pepper, tomatoes, pepper, egg, olives, anchovies or/and tuna, basil, olive oil |
The Pan bagnat is a yummy sandwich from Nice, France. It's like a salad in a bun! This special sandwich is made with a round, crusty bread called pain de campagne. Inside, you'll find a fresh Salade niçoise, which is a mix of raw vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, anchovies (or tuna), and olive oil.
People in Nice sometimes add a little vinegar, but never mayonnaise. This sandwich was often made using bread from the day before. This helped to make sure no food was wasted.
The Pan bagnat is very popular in the area around Nice. You can find it in most bakeries and markets. It's one of the famous foods from Nice, along with ratatouille, socca, and pissaladière. These dishes all use fresh ingredients from the local area. Sometimes, Pan bagnat is served as a small snack before a meal, called an hors d'oeuvre.
What Does "Pan Bagnat" Mean?
The name of this sandwich comes from the local language of Nice, called Nissart. In Nissart, pan banhat means "bathed bread." This name makes sense because the bread often gets soaked in olive oil. Some people mistakenly spell it "pain bagnat," using the French word pain instead of the local pan.
How to Make Pan Bagnat
To make Pan bagnat, you start with a round loaf of bread. This bread is often homemade. You can rub the bread with garlic for extra flavor. Then, you add ingredients like tuna, anchovies, sliced tomatoes, olives, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Other tasty things you can add include arugula, basil, artichoke, and red wine vinegar. The bread is usually soaked in olive oil. This soaking gives the sandwich its special name, "bathed bread."
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Breads used for Pan bagnat
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A delicious Pan bagnat
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Two Pan bagnat sandwiches
Sandwiches Like Pan Bagnat
The Pan bagnat is similar to other sandwiches around the world. It is partly related to the muffuletta sandwich from New Orleans. It is also a close cousin to the Tunisian Tuna Sandwich, known as Casse-Croûte Tunisien.
See also
In Spanish: Pan-bagnat para niños
