michetta

/mee-KEHT-tah/
[Italian] plural michette

A crusty, round bread roll, with the sides drawn up to a central point, also known as a rosetta and found primarily in Lombardy but also in the Veneto. These are offspring of the Kaiser Semmel brought to Milan by the Viennese members of the Austrian Cavalry in the late 1800s.

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