Lagana (bread) explained

Lagana
Alternate Name:	λαγάνα
Type:	Bread
Country:	Greece
Creators:	-->
Minor Ingredient:	Sesame seeds
Serving Size:	100 g
Similar Dish:	Focaccia
No Recipes:	false

Lagana (from ^[1]) is a Greek flatbread traditionally baked for Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Lent. Traditionally, it was prepared unleavened (without the yeast), but leavened lagana is nowadays more common.^[2] It is typically flat, oval-shaped, with surface decorated by impressing fingertips.^{[3] [4]}

Sesame seeds are a common topping, and it may also be topped with other herbs, and seasoned with olive oil.^[5] The name comes from a Greco-Roman pastry dough lagana, which is also the origin of the word lasagna,^[6] also known as tracta, from .

See also

• Focaccia, a similar bread from Italian cuisine

Notes and References

1. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2361489 λάγανον
2. Book: Kochilas, Diane . The food and wine of Greece . 1993 . St. Martin's Press . 978-0-312-08783-8 . 1st pbk. . New York.
3. Web site: Lagana, Greek Lenten flatbread . 17 March 2013 . Diane Kochilas, Greek Food for Life.
4. Book: The Walking Bread the Bread Will Rise!: A Cookbook and a Parody. Hallee Bridgeman. 9781939603098. 2013-09-02. House of Bread Books™ .
5. Web site: Lagana Bread (λαγάνα) . The Greek Vegan . 26 January 2015.
6. Vocabolario Etimologico Pianigiani, 1907, s.v. lasagna; see more in the tracta (dough) article