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Origin
Lecce, Salento, Puglia
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Description
The Salentine version of pettole incorporates mashed potato into the dough, creating a denser, more pillowy fritter with a slightly sweetened interior. A traditional Lecce preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, they are plain-fried or stuffed with anchovies, sun-dried tomatoes, or black olives. The potato starch slows fermentation and gives a softer crumb than the all-flour Gravina version.
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The Thread
—Mashed potato incorporated into a dough or batter and pan-fried Irish
—Potato-enriched dough formed and fried, sweet or savoury Austrian
—Potato-based fried street food of the same southern Italian tradition Campania
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Flavour Context
Soft, pillowy, slightly sweet potato-enriched fritter with a golden crust — the winter feast food of the Salento peninsula, best eaten too hot to hold
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