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Gallinejas y entresijos is Madrid's working-quarter offal cheap eat: lamb intestine and lamb-belly fat, deep-fried until crisp, served with patatas and salt, an old-Madrid taberna order.
Gallinejas (fried lamb intestine) and entresijos (fried lamb-belly fat) emerged in the 19th-century working-class taberna scene of Lavapies and Embajadores, where the cheapest cuts of lamb were turned into a hot cheap eat for the working day. The dish was canonized at the centenary freidurias of Embajadores. The trick is in the cleaning and parboiling: the intestine must be soaked in vinegar, scrubbed and parboiled multiple times before frying. The dish became less common in the 1980s as cheap meat cuts dropped in price, but the few remaining counters still serve it as Madrid's most authentic working-quarter offal experience.
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