The stigghiola (plural: ''stigghiole'' in Italian or ''stigghioli'' in Sicilian, also known as stigghiuola) is a Sicilian food specialty, typical of the streets of the city of

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. It consists of guts (usually of lamb, but also of goat or chicken) which are washed in water and salt, seasoned with

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and often with onion and other pot herbs, then stuck on a skewer or rolled around a leek, and finally cooked directly on the

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. The dish is generally prepared and sold as a street food. In Ragusa, the dish is baked in a casserole and it is known as turciniuna. It is listed as a traditional Italian food product (P.A.T.) by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. Mipaaf
List of traditional food products

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