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Lagana (bread)

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Lagana (λαγάνα, from λάγανον) is a Greek flatbread traditionally baked for Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Lent. [1]

11 relations: Ancient Greek, Clean Monday, Flatbread, Focaccia, Great Lent, Greek cuisine, Lasagne, Leavening agent, Olive oil, Sesame, Tracta (dough).

Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Clean Monday

Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the 7th Monday before Pascha.

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Flatbread

A flatbread is a bread made with flour, water and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough.

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Focaccia

Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza doughs.

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Great Lent

Great Lent, or the Great Fast, (Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, meaning "Great 40 Days," and "Great Fast," respectively) is the most important fasting season in the church year in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church (including Western Rite Orthodoxy) and the Eastern Catholic Churches, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha (Easter).

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Greek cuisine

Greek cuisine (Ελληνική κουζίνα, Elliniki kouzina) is a Mediterranean cuisine.

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Lasagne

Lasagne (singular lasagna) are wide, flat pasta, and possibly one of the oldest types of pasta.

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Leavening agent

A leaven, often called a leavening agent (and also known as a raising agent), is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture.

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Olive oil

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin.

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Sesame

Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne.

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Tracta (dough)

Tracta, tractum (τρακτὸς, τρακτόν), also called laganon, laganum, or lagana (λάγανον) was a kind of drawn out or rolled-out pastry dough in Roman and Greek cuisines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagana_(bread)

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