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Stigghiola · Palermo
Stigghiola is grilled lamb or veal intestines, wrapped with spring onion and parsley around a wooden skewer and charred on charcoal braziers, the Albergheria after-dark Palermitan street snack.
Stigghiola has been documented in Palermo since the 16th century as the working-class street meat of the Ballaro and Vucciria quarters. The Spanish word 'estiglio' (entrail) gave it its name. The technique is to wrap cleaned lamb or veal intestines around a wooden skewer with spring onion and parsley, then grill on charcoal braziers until crisp at the edges. The brazier vendors (stigghiolari) on Piazza Carmine and along Via Castro Filippo maintain a near-unchanged form across 400 years. Standard accompaniments are a squeeze of lemon, salt and a plastic cup of cheap white wine; the snack costs two euros and is eaten standing on the cobbles.
Where to eat in Palermo:
- Stigghiolari del Ballaro
- Mercato Notturno Borgo Vecchio
- Antica Focacceria San Francesco
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