Sicily

Webmaster October 29, 2023 0 Comments anchovy fillets, black olives, capers, lemon, parsley, pine nuts, raisins, sardines

Beccafico Sardines

Beccafico sardines are a typical Sicilian recipe. Their name derives precisely from the fact that their shape must resemble the beccafico, a small bird that was hunted and consumed by Sicilian nobles. These birds were cooked whole including the entrails and placed next to each other. Popular wisdom in its daily poverty has been able to imitate the shape of these birds by wrapping the sardines in a roll and opening the tail of the sardines like the tail of a bird and filling the inside with pine nuts, breadcrumbs and other things to enrich their internal consistency. Today this dish, which has remained unchanged over time, has had great success and the sardines are prepared both fried and baked.

dessert recipes Sicily

Webmaster October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 0 Comments butter, candied orange, citron peels, dark chocolate, eggs, flour, marsala, pistachios, powdered coffee, ricotta cheese, sugar

Sicilian Cannoli

Cannoli are a typical Sicilian dessert. There is no Italian who does not know this delicious crunchy cannoli filled with a mixture of ricotta, sugar and depending on the variations we can also find candied orange, sometimes chocolate, or chopped pistachio. River reeds were originally used to give shape to this sweet, from which it takes its name. Today a metal cylinder is used. Of probable Saracen origin, cannoli were prepared during the Carnival period to celebrate the richness, colors and abundance of a land rich in traditions and resources such as Sicily. Today it is now known all over the world and is also prepared outside of Sicily and the versions in which it is offered are numerous (not all of them good…. ;))

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Webmaster October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 0 Comments eggs, flour, minced beef, onions, peas, Pecorino cheese, provola cheese, rice, saffron, tomato concentratte, white wine

Arancini (Rice balls)

Rice arancini, or arancine are a Sicilian specialty known and appreciated throughout Italy. Small rice balls generally stuffed with peas, cheese and ragù, but there are many variations, they are then breaded and fried and eaten hot both as a single meal and as an appetizer. Real street food, they are called this because of their size similar to that of an orange.

pasta recipes Sicily

Webmaster August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 0 Comments aubergines, basil leaves, onion, pasta, ricotta, tomatoes

Pasta alla Norma

Pasta alla norma is a typical recipe from Sicily. This first course which has now entered the Sicilian gastronomic tradition, is based on fried aubergines, tomato, basil and grated salted ricotta. Its origin seems to date back to a particular dinner held in 1920 which was attended by the poet and playwright Martoglio. This marveled at the goodness of this dish, said the phrase “Chista è ‘na vera Norma” in reference to the work of Vincenzo Bellini.