Definition of "panada" [pa•na•da]

• A paste or gruel of bread crumbs, toast, or flour combined with milk, stock, or water and used for making soups, binding forcemeats, or thickening sauces. (noun)

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• "(technically called panada) that you have of butter."
• "“All clear away, with the water-saps and panada,” returned the unabashed convalescent."
• "Further advances in pastry cooking are seen in a gnocchi mixture he calls it agnoilen, poached in broth, which is similar to the panada used in modern quenelles."