Ingredient: Black pepper

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...

Sciusceddu Messinese

Sciusceddu is an ancient recipe from Messina, which is unfortunately disappearing. As with so many traditional dishes, there are always different versions, the most popular of which is the one...

Fresh Sicilian marinated Calamari salad

This marinated calamari salad is a timeless dish in its simplicity. It is a very quick dish to prepare, and it’s something that you can make the day before and...

Pasta and mint/pistachio pesto with grilled eggplant and shrimps

Cooking Time: 30 min

Pasta

Pesto with mint and pistachios is a fresh, summery and fast pesto that will solve your lunch or dinner or will allow you to make simple dishes or bruschetta. Dress...

Franco Di Palermo

January 14, 2021

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Sweet and Sour Peppers – Peperoni all’Agrodolce

Cooking Time: 95

Sweet and sour peppers are a classic of traditional Sicilian cuisine. On the one hand the peppers, with their strong and unmistakable taste; on the other hand the sweet and...

Sicilian Food Culture

January 19, 2020

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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...

Cauliflower Soup | Minestra di Broccoli

Cooking Time: 30

Pasta

The cauliflower soup is a typical Sicilian dish that can’t miss on our tables during the cold season. The recipe is very simple because just a few simple ingredients are...

Sicilian Food Culture

February 1, 2019

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Panelle Sandwich

Cooking Time: 45min

The Panelle Sandwich (U’ Pane chi Panelle), is one of the most classic and oldest examples of street food in the Sicilian town of Palermo. Cheap and Tasty, you can...

Sicilian Food Culture

January 14, 2019

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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...

Sicilian Food Culture

January 14, 2019

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Sweet and sour Pumpkin (Zucca in agrodolce)

Cooking Time: 40 min

Sides
Vegan

The “Zucca in Agrodolce”, or sweet and sour pumpkin is a dish that, according to some legends, originates in one of the most known and ancient markets of Palermo: The “Vucciria”....