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Pizza Fritta (Fried Pizza)
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Fried, not baked — a completely different pizza than most people picture.
Dough stuffed with ricotta, provola, and pork cracklings, then deep-fried until puffed and golden, sold folded in paper straight off the street cart.
Why it's made this way: Fried pizza boomed in postwar Naples, when many wood-fired ovens had been damaged and fuel was scarce, so women and street vendors fried dough at home and at small stalls as a cheaper way to feed a hungry city.
Roughly what's in it
600kcal
18gprotein
55gcarbs
35gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 3443 dishes from 118 countries.
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