This Sicilian sesame nougat called giuggiulena ( but also known as ‘cubbaita’ or ‘giurgiulena’) is a typical dessert, widespread throughout the region and also in neighbouring Calabria and typically served during the Christmas period! Its name derives from the main…
Castagnole are a typical Carnival dessert, famous throughout Italy, not just in Sicily! They are very tasty, very soft and very fried balls of dough, made with a very simple mixture of flour, eggs and sugar, from which small balls…
The “Gelo di mellone” is a typical Sicilian pudding dessert (very popular especially in Palermo) , whose main ingredient is the watermelon, which in Sicilian dialect is called “mellone” or “muluni”.
The chiacchiere are a typical Carnival sweet that we can find all over Italy under different names: cròstoli, galani, frappe, bugie, and many more! The main characteristic of the sweet is to be very thin, crumbly, full of bubbles and…
The Sicilian Pignolata (also called Pignoccata or Struffoli in other parts of Italy) is a Sicilian sweet typical of Carnival. They’re small balls prepared with a mixture of flour, eggs, butter and sugar that are first fried and then covered…
Have you ever heard of this delicious dessert called Caldo-Freddo, literally translated as Hot-Cold? It is an absolute goodness, a true masterpiece of artisan gelato from the west part of the Island. This is a typical product of the Trapani artisan gelato…
What summer would it be for a Sicilian without a refreshing Sicilian Lemon Granita? Granitas in Sicilian bars and pastry shops are always present in large numbers and lemon granitas are certainly one of the most famous, with a strong…
The “Excelsior cookies” are dessert biscuits typical of the Sicilian tradition. They are a dessert that is consumed on any occasion of conviviality. Excelsior cookies are also called “dolci da riposto”, meaning the cupboard closet where traditionally sweet foods were…
Same as many of other Sicilian recipes, it is thought that the Cassata is of Arab origin (from the Arabic word quas’at, ” bowl”), and has been created between the ninth and the eleventh century. The Arabs, in fact, introduced…
