PALERMO SICILY - Famous Street Food & Market - VLOG Part Two

Okay so today I'm taking you around Palermo we are going to the famous street food market we're going to see how arancinas are made and we're just going to have a little wander around so come with me to Palermo in this vlog part two. So this is the famous Il Mercato del Capo which is a really famous street food market here in the centre of Palermo it used to be a lot lot bigger than it is today but even now you will still find a huge variety of stalls selling everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to fish to spices to basically anything you can think of it's an incredible place. Also dotted along this food market are some incredible churches and they really are worth a visit if you're coming here to Palermo. Welcome to Donate's so this is where I'm going to show you how arancina and some other popular street food is made we're going behind the scenes at this famous place in Il Mercato del Capo so let's go. So this is the process of how to make panele which is a very typical Sicilian street food here in Palermo and people basically have it it's fried chickpea flour and people have it in bread with croquette and it's very typical here to Palermo. And now on to arancinas or arancinos as they are called in other parts of Sicily. These are by far my most favourite street food and I'm so honoured to be here behind the scenes at the kitchen at Donate's today to show you just how they are made. Now the whole process begins with cooking as you can see a very large quantity of rice and emptying it onto the counter to allow it to completely cool. Once it's cooled as you can see the rice is shaped into like a bowl and the filling of the arancina is placed inside. This today are the white ragu arancinas which are made with meat and mozzarella and as you can see once the filling is placed inside the rice it is shaped smoothly into a ball and it's really important that there are no cracks at this stage because otherwise when they are fried the filling will escape. So this is the initial process of making the arancina. Now Donate's make a minimum of at least 200 arancinas every single day. They are very well known in Il Mercato del Capo and they are famous also for winning a famous tv program called Four Restaurants here in Italy where individual restaurants and street food places compete against each other. So for this they are extremely popular with tourists and with the locals alike and so their kitchen is always busy making these delicious street food snacks. Now once the arancinas are prepared they are coated in breadcrumbs and placed into the deep fat fryer and here they will cook until golden brown before being removed to rest a little and being taken straight out to be served. So I hope you've enjoyed the little behind the scenes vlog. A huge thank you to Donate's and I will see you soon.