Ingredient: A handful of basil leaves

Salsa alla palermitana (Palermo-style tomato sauce)

Cooking Time: 90 min

Pasta Sauce

Tasty, fragrant, delicious and nutritious, tomato sauce originated in Palermo but is one of the main condiments in Sicilian cuisine and, depending on the place, there are different variations of...

Riccardo Favara

December 1, 2022

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Pasta with Almond Pesto

Cooking Time: 20

This recipe is a real treat for the palate! Depending on the area where it is prepared, almond pesto changes its ingredients. To prepare it, you can’t miss olive oil,...

Sicilian Food Culture

April 23, 2022

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Sweet and sour Eggplants

Another recipe from our amazing Facebook group, a big thanks to our contributor Loredana Mattaliano! If you are an Eggplants lover, don’t miss this delicious sweet and sour recipe from...

Sicilian Food Culture

August 2, 2021

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Spaghetti with raw tomatoes and basil

Cooking Time: 30 min

Spaghetti with Raw Tomatoes and basil (pomodoro crudo e basilico) is a really simple recipe since you don’t have to cook anything but spaghetti! Undoubtedly it’s one of those recipes...

Sicilian Food Culture

July 8, 2021

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Sicilian Sarsa alla Grillo

Cooking Time: 50-minutes

Sicilian Sarsa alla Grillo is an authentic Sicilian family recipe for a meatless, quick tomato sauce for pasta that always pleases the palate and fills the senses.

magrillo

May 8, 2021

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Sicilian Eggplant rolls | Involtini di melanzane Siciliani

Cooking Time: 50 min

These Sicilian eggplant rolls are a typical Sunday dish, often presented as an appetizer or as a second course (following a tasty baked pasta!), but can be good for any...

Franco Di Palermo

May 3, 2021

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Pasta with Zucchine and Ricotta Pesto

Cooking Time: 40

For the preparation of this lovely pesto we put on the table one of the most used vegetables in the Sicilian cuisine, the zucchini, which, for this recipe, are blended...

Sicilian Food Culture

August 4, 2020

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Eggplant meatballs

Cooking Time: 25

Appetizers

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...

Riccardo Favara

August 2, 2019

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Pasta a picchio pacchiu

Pasta

Pasta a picchio pacchiu is one of those summery dishes that Sicilian loves to prepare when is proper summer. The “Picchi Pacchiu” is a tomato-based sauce typical of Palermo, although...

Sicilian Food Culture

July 18, 2019

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Sicilian Pesto

Cooking Time: 10min

This is one of the easiest recipes ever made – but not less tasty than others. Try it with a perfectly cooked Spaghetti plate – remember, al dente! You can...

Sicilian Food Culture

January 14, 2019

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Appetizers	Dessert
Main Course	Pasta
Pizza	Salads
Sides	Street Food