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Pizza fritta is a deep-fried pocket of risen dough stuffed with ricotta, cicoli (pressed pork scratchings), provola and black pepper, fried in hot lard or oil until blistered and golden, served folded in paper.
Pizza fritta became the street food of post-war Naples when wood-fired ovens were scarce and lard was cheap; vendors fried pizzas on portable stoves in the Quartieri Spagnoli and the Sanita. Sofia Loren famously sold pizza fritta in the 1954 film L'Oro di Napoli, shot on location in the city. The pavement-fried format survives today in counters such as Pizzeria di Matteo and Sorbillo Lievito Madre, often eaten standing up in folded paper.
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Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza (Sophia Loren's choice on screen) the unmissable order.
OrderMontanara fried pizza, margherita and angioletti dough fritters to start.
TipClosed Monday lunch; otherwise open daily 12:00-24:00. No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue.
Sorbillo Lievito Madre on Via dei Tribunali in Naples is the Sorbillo family's pizza fritta and al taglio counter two doors from the main pizzeria.
OrderPizza fritta, pizza al taglio
TipNo queue ticket needed at this counter; pizza fritta classic runs 4 euros, ripiena (stuffed) 5 euros.
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has fried pizza, frittatine and crocchè from the streetside window since 1936; Bill Clinton's 1994 lunch stop sits.
OrderThe pizza fritta from the window, then pizza margherita inside and crocchè di patate.
TipOpen daily 10:00-24:00. Cash preferred at the window; sit-down service runs upstairs.
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2.5 hours
Experience a cooking class in Naples and learn how to create authentic Neapolitan pizza from expert pizzaiolos (pizza makers). Enjoy your creations with a starter and a drink.
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