il panettone
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Milan
What does “il panettone” mean?
Milan’s Christmas sweet bread
Example
“A Natale non manca il panettone.”
At Christmas there’s always panettone.
Good to know
Milanese originally; now in every Italian home.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: dolce natalizio
More from Milan
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- la cotolettaMilanese breaded veal chop
- il risotto giallosaffron risotto (risotto alla milanese)
- il panzerottofried filled dough pocket (Luini’s, by the Duomo)
- lo spritzthe orange aperitivo cocktail
- la cassoeulapork and cabbage winter stew
- l'ossobucobraised veal shank
- ziodude; mate
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