Street Fryer · Fried Polenta Squares
Sgagliozze
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In Bari Vecchia they're often fried by women at makeshift tables in the lanes outside their homes, sold alongside popizze, small balls of fried dough.
Sgagliozze are small rectangles of cooled, firm polenta, deep-fried until the outside turns crisp and golden while the inside stays soft. Bari's old-town street stalls sell them hot in paper cones, sometimes with just a sprinkle of salt.
Why it's made this way: It's classic cucina povera: cornmeal was cheap and filling, and frying leftover polenta squares turned nothing into something sellable on the street.
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