Not a single pizza. What may surprise street fast food outlets in Italy

In the TOP 5 included traditional dishes, without which this country would have lost something important, making it authentic and complete, and give to its streets a special atmosphere.

1. Fried olives will surprise all who are accustomed only to the marinated berries. They variruyutsya and fried in batter. Its name, this dish owes the province of Ascoli Piceno, where they grow giant olives with an abundance of pulp in the Greek and Finnish tradition, which is thousands of years. Stuffing olives with meat invented by accident. The fact that after a tumultuous feasts in the Italian families had a lot of meat and bread. And that all is not lost, meat and onions made the filling, and then roll in breadcrumbs and fried.
2. Tuscan soup of bread, which can be enjoyed by going to a trattoria in Tuscany or Florence in autumn. This dish was created to warm chilly winter and autumn evenings. The tradition to serve vegetable soup with beans and cheese in a bread loaf originated in the days of the poor village, used instead of a plate of tortillas.
3. Gram the "Panella", which appeared in Sicily during the Arab rulers of the tenth century. Often, this simple dish is called "food poor", but thanks to the modern presentation, it looks very tasty. Delicacy is a small bars of chickpea polenta, which are fried in olive oil and sprinkled with flakes of Mature Italian cheese with lemon juice and spices.
4. Another Sicilian delicacy – caviar "bottarga", which is prepared from the ROE of grey mullet or tuna fish by pickling, manual pressing and drying in the open air for 6 months. "Bottarga" is used for cuts, added to pasta, egg or salads.
5. Balls of rice filled with various fillings, breaded and fried with the addition of concentrated sauce. Favorite toppings for the balls "arcini" are meat, peas, mushrooms, pumpkin or melted cheese.

Among other delicacies, which can be seen on the streets of Italy – pork rolls "roasted tender porchetta Romana" with rosemary and garlic and soy sauce, fried custard "Frit", which is served in paper bags for walking in cold weather, fried sweet balls "seppele", or Italian doughnuts. And, of course, sublime, delicate and lush tiramisu.

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