Lagana (, from ) is a

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flatbread traditionally baked for

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, the first day of the Great Lent. Traditionally, it was prepared unleavened (without the yeast), but leavened lagana is nowadays more common. It is typically flat, oval-shaped, with surface decorated by impressing fingertips. Sesame seeds are a common topping, and it may also be topped with other herbs, and seasoned with olive oil. The name comes from a Greco-Roman pastry dough '' lagana'', which is also the origin of the word ''

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tracta (dough) Tracta, tractum ( grc, τρακτὸς, τρακτόν), also called laganon, laganum, or lagana () was a kind of drawn out or rolled-out pastry dough in Roman and Greek cuisines. What exactly it was is unclear:Charles Perry, "What was tracta?", ' ...

article also known as ''tracta'', from .

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