Bread and Panelle

Street Food

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Pane e panelle is one of the most popular Sicilian street foods. The panelle are prepared with chickpea flour, water, parsley and salt; the batter obtained is then cut and fried. Soft mafalde, the typical Palermo sesame sandwiches, are stuffed with these pancakes. Very often the bread and panelle is accompanied by cazzilli or crocchè, potato croquettes seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon. Bread and panelle are a dish that is born poor, like all legume-based dishes, which once were an "easy" protein source and alternative to meat, today it has become the symbol of Palermo street food