Type of French bread
Pain de mieTwo loaves of pain de mie. The one on the right was baked in a star-shaped pan. |
Type | Bread |
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Place of origin | France |
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Pain de mie is a white or brown bread with a thin, soft crust. It is mostly sold sliced and packaged in France. Pain is the French word for "bread", and la mie is the soft part of bread, called the crumb in English.