TYPICAL THINGS TO EAT
RICE BALL
Breaded and fried rice balls, with meat sauce or béchamel and ham
PANELLE AND CCROCCHE '
Chickpea flour pancakes and potato croquettes
PANINO CA MEUSA (spleen)
spleen with squeezed lemon or alternatively with grated caciocavallo
STIGHIOLA
Grilled lamb or kid guts
SFINCIONE
Pizza with tomato, onion and anchovies
PASTA WITH SARDINES
Pasta (BUCATINI), sardines and wild fennel with the addition of raisins and pine nuts. The recipe was invented da a cook of the Arab army during the campaign to conquer Sicily.
BAKED PASTA
Anelletti (typically Sicilian pasta shape) seasoned with meat sauce, peas, caciocavallo, ham and aubergines. There is also a version with hard-boiled egg.
EGGPLANT CAPONATA
Appetizer / side dish di Fried aubergines topped with tomato sauce, celery, onion, olives and capers in sweet and sour sauce.
BOILED OCTOPUS
Plate made up of pieces of very fresh octopus, boiled in boiling water and served with squeezed lemon or without.
SARDE A BECCAFICO
Rolled sardine fillets stuffed with breadcrumbs and pine nuts.
MEAT ROLLS
Thin slices of meat wrapped, stuffed with breadcrumbs, herbs, meat and cheese, skewered alternating with slices of onion and bay leaves.
SICILIAN CASSATA AND CANNOLO
The cannoli are waffles of rolled fried dough, while the cassata is a sponge cake, marzipan and candied fruit, both are filled with ricotta cream.
BRIOCHE WITH ICE CREAM
Artisan brioche filled with tasty ice cream.