List of Sicilian dishes
Appearance
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This is a list of Sicilian dishes and foods. Sicilian cuisine shows traces of all the cultures which established themselves on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia.[1] Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Spanish, Greek and Arab influences.
Sicilian dishes
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Name | Image | Description |
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Arancini or arancine | ![]() |
stuffed rice balls which are coated with breadcrumbs and fried. They are said to have originated in Sicily in the 10th century during Kalbid rule. |
Cannoli | ![]() |
shortcrust pastry cylindrical shell filled with sweetened sheep milk ricotta |
Caponata | ![]() |
cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce |
Crocchè | ![]() |
mashed potato and egg covered in bread crumbs and fried |
Farsu magru | ![]() |
beef or veal slices flattened and superimposed to form a large rectangle, with a layer of thin bacon slices on top. For the filling, crushed bread slices, cheese, ham, chopped onions, garlic and fresh herbs are mixed together. |
Frittula | ![]() |
pork and/or beef byproducts from butchering, fried in lard and spiced |
Likëngë | pork sausages flavored with salt, pepper and seed of Fennel (farë mbrai), made in Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela | |
Maccu | ![]() |
a soup with dried fava beans and fennel |
Muffuletta | ![]() |
a sesame-seed bread, or the layered New Orleans sandwich made with it, stuffed with sausage meats, cheese, olive salad, etc. |
Panelle | ![]() |
Sicilian fritters made from chickpea flour and other ingredients. They are a popular street food in Palermo. |
Pani câ meusa | ![]() |
organ meats (lung, spleen) and sausage served on Vastedda, a sesame-seed bun |
Pasta 'ncasciata | ![]() |
a baked pasta dish with many varieties, but most often including macaroni pasta, ragù, eggplant, basil, white wine, breadcrumbs, boiled eggs, soppressata or salami, caciocavallo, pecorino siciliano, and sometimes meatballs and/or peas, or other cheeses or béchamel substituted for one of the cheeses |
Pasta alla Norma | ![]() |
pasta with tomatoes, fried eggplant, ricotta and basil |
Pasta ca nunnata | a Palermo pasta dish made with a long pasta, a sauce of gianchetti (the whitebait of Mediterranean sardines and anchovies), olive oil, garlic, parsley, black pepper, and white wine | |
Pasta â Paolina | pasta with anchovies, garlic, tomato, cinnamon, cloves, almonds, fresh basil and breadcrumbs | |
Pasta con le sarde | ![]() |
pasta with sardines and anchovies |
Pesto alla trapanese | ![]() |
a Sicilian variation of the Genoese pesto, typical of the province of Trapani.[2] The dish was introduced in ancient times by Genoese ships, coming from the east and stopping at the port of Trapani, who brought the tradition of agliata, a sort of pesto-sauce based on garlic and walnuts. |
Pasta chi Vrocculi Arriminati | ![]() |
a pasta dish from Palermo which generally consists of a long pasta like spaghetti or bucatini, cauliflower, onion, raisins, anchovies, pine nuts, saffron, red chili, and breadcrumbs |
Scaccia/scacciata | ![]() |
a thin flatbread layered with vegetables, cheese and meats and rolled up |
Sicilian pizza | ![]() |
pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily. In the United States, the phrase "Sicilian pizza" is often synonymous with thick-crust or deep-dish pizza derived from the Sicilian sfincione.[3] |
Spaghetti alla carrettiera | ![]() |
a dish of spaghetti pasta, with olive oil, raw garlic, chili pepper, parsley, and pecorino siciliano or breadcrumbs, and commonly tomato |
Stigghiola | ![]() |
spiced and grilled intestine, typically from lamb or goat |
Melanzane ripiene | ![]() |
stuffed eggplant |
Orange salad | ![]() |
oranges, extra virgin olive oil, salt, spring onions |
Couscous alla trapanese | ![]() |
typical of the Trapani area, with vegetables, meat, or fish |
Beverages
[edit]- Amaro Averna, a herb-citrus liqueur
- Marsala wine
- Zibibbo
Sodas
[edit]- Sibat Tomarchio
- Bibite Polara
Cheeses
[edit]- Caciocavallo and Ragusano cheese, stretched-curd cheeses similar to Mozzarella
- Canestrato, a hard cheese made from a mixture of sheep and goat milks
- Ricotta, a fresh cheese made from whey
- Pecorino siciliano – a Sicilian sheep's-milk cheese
- Sicilian cheeses
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Straddled forms of caciocavallo hang to mature
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Stoccafisso alla messinese
Desserts and sweets
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- Biscotti regina
- Buccellato
- Cannoli
- Cassata
- Ciarduna
- Cioccolato di Modica
- Crocetta di Caltanissetta
- Cuccìa
- Cuccidati
- Frutta martorana
- Gelato
- Gelo di melone
- Giurgiulena
- Granita
- Ice cream
- 'Mpanatigghi
- 'Nzuddi
- Pignolata
- Pignolo (macaroon)
- Raffiolini
- Zeppole
- Sicilian desserts and sweets
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Crocette di Caltanissetta to lemon and orange left to right
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Spina santa di Caltanissetta in memory of the Passion of Christ
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Rollò di Caltanissetta
Fruits and vegetables
[edit]- Aglio Rosso di Nubia[4]
- Cipolla di Giarratana[5]
- Mazzarrone (grape)[6]
- Pomodoro di Pachino
- Siracusa lemon
- Sicilian fruits and vegetables
Salads
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- Caponata – a Sicilian aubergine (eggplant) dish consisting of a cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce[7]
- Sicilian orange salad (insalata di arance) – a typical salad dish of Sicilian and Spanish cuisine which uses oranges as its main ingredient. It is usually served at the beginning or at the end of a meal.[8]
- Pantelleria salad (insalata pantesca) – a salad consisting of tomatoes, boiled potatoes, red onions and mackerel (or fresh cheese) and seasoned with olive oil, oregano, salt and capers
See also
[edit] Media related to Cuisine of Sicily at Wikimedia Commons
References
[edit]- ^ Sicilian food history umass.edu
- ^ Oretta Zanini De Vita; Maureen B. Fant. Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way. W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. ISBN 0393082431.
- ^ "What is Sicilian Pizza?". WiseGeek. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Milano, Serena; Ponzio, Raffaella; Sardo, Piero . L'Italia dei Presìdi. Slow Food Editore, 2002. pp. 374-375.
- ^ Cabrini, Luisa; Malerba, Fabrizia. Frutta e ortaggi in Italia. Touring Editore, 2005. ISBN 8836532942.
- ^ Lazzarini, Ennio. I frutti coltivati. Hoepli, 2011. ISBN 8820344807.
- ^ Gangi, Roberta (2006). "Caponata". Best of Sicily Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
- ^ Edward Behr, James MacGuire: The Art of Eating. University of California Press 2011, ISBN 978-0-520-27029-9, p. 102 (online copy, p. 102, at Google Books)