Panetto
Italian · pronounced pah-NET-toh
A single portioned, rounded ball of pizza dough, ready to prove and then be opened into one pizza. The AVPN disciplinare specifies a panetto of roughly 180-250g for a Neapolitan pizza, which is the main reason dough-ball weight is treated as a defining specification rather than a preference.
Literal meaning
Little loaf
Region
Italy, used internationally
Also known as
dough ball, panielli
Related
Evidence
Well established- International Regulation for True Neapolitan Pizza (Disciplinare Internazionale) — Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN)