Food prep underway at Officine Brera.
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Inside Officine Brera at 1331 E. 6th St. in downtown Los Angeles.
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The bassa padana is rice cooked with rope sausage and crumbly cotechino sausage, finished with Grana Padano cheese.
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A soaring glass-and-metal building houses Officine Brera, a grand, serious Italian restaurant.
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Dessert offerings include pistachio gelato, shown here with a shot of espresso.
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Pisarei e fasö, tiny flour dumplings cooked with borlotti beans, at Officine Brera.
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Menu items, from left, pistachio gelato, stinchetto di maiale and frisceu.
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Dessert time: gianduiotta: milk chocolate, hazelnut and sbrisolona crumble.
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The patio area at Officine Brera.
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