The traditional bread for la festa dei morti! A delicious sandwich stuffed with oil, salt, pepper and anchovies, but there are also variations with ricotta, caciocavallo and tomato, according to personal taste! Would you like to know more about the…
This is a vegetarian recipe that you will easily find in many restaurants of typical Sicilian cuisine, and of course, like any good traditional Sicilian recipe – or, at least, like many -, eggplant meatballs are fried, because for us…
The Pantesca Salad, or Insalata Pantesca, is made with potatoes, tomatoes, olives, capers, onions and oregano. Simple ingredients, with nothing special in appearance. And yet, by putting them together, you get a dish with a deep, Mediterranean and inebriating aroma…
The name says it all: farsumagru, in italian falsomagro, literally “false low-fat”, a dish that seems to be diet friendly, but it is not at all! Maybe created by the so called Monsù – from the french monsieur, chefs who worked for rich families in Sicily – and originally named…
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…
Meat, fish or vegetable meatballs are a real passion and, among all, fried eggplant meatballs are one of the most famous in the Sicilian Cuisine. Soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, they are scented with a lovely…
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…
Stuffed pork chops are a typical recipe from the province of Ragusa. It is a very rich and tasty dish, typically cooked during Sunday family gatherings. There are many recipes for the stuffing – the meat is opened in a…
The herrings, orange and olives salad is a poor dish of the Sicilian cuisine. Oranges could be found everywhere, and the coast of Palermo was called Conca d’Oro because of the multitude of orange trees full of golden fruits; the…
