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Restaurants in Palermo
Where to eat in Palermo: market street food, spleen sandwiches, sfincione, caponata, and cannoli.
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Eating in Palermo
Palermo is eaten in the street, and its historic markets — Ballarò, the Capo, the Vucciria — are open-air kitchens before they are fruit stalls.
The street food
- Pane ca' meusa — veal spleen and lung boiled and dipped in lard, in bread. Ordered *schietto* (plain) or *maritato* (with ricotta and caciocavallo);
- Panelle and crocchè, chickpea and potato fritters in bread;
- Sfincione — the thick focaccia with onion, anchovy, tomato and caciocavallo;
- Stigghiola — lamb intestines rolled and grilled in the street;
- Arancine — in Palermo they are feminine and round, with ragù or butter.
At the table
- Pasta con le sarde — wild fennel, sardines, raisins, pine nuts and saffron: the dish that tells the island's history;
- Aubergine caponata, sweet and sour;
- Involtini alla palermitana and pasta ch'i broccoli arriminati.
The sweets
Cannoli filled to order, cassata with ricotta and marzipan, frutta martorana, and gelo di mellone in summer.
In the glass
Nero d'Avola, Grillo, Catarratto, and the wines of Etna or Marsala not far away.
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Other towns in the province of Palermo
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