food&wine

Cassata Siciliana

A traditional sweet from the areas of Palermo and Messina.  It consists of a round sponge cake moistened with fruit…

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Granita with brioche

A Sicilian sweet dish made from crushed ice and sugar mixed with fruit, coffee, chocolate or nuts. Normally goes along…

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Pitoni Messinesi

Pitoni Messinesi or Sicilian Fried Calzone are a typical street food of Messina, Sicily. A pizza-like dough is filled with…

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Focaccia Messinese

This variety of Italian focaccia originates from Messina. It is topped with anchovies, tuma cheese, curly endive, and tomatoes.

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Caponata

Caponata is a sort of ratatouille made with zucchini/courgettes, eggplants/aubergines, onions, peppers, tomatoes, capers and olives giving a sweet and…

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Mamertino D.O.C

Mamertino D.O.C of  Milazzo remains a traditional, very 'Sicilian' wine, being made from four of the island's most idiosyncratic varieties: Nero…

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Pasta alla norma

Macaroni with fresh tomatoes, fried eggplants, basil and ricotta salata(solid, salty version on Ricotta cheese.)  Pictured bottom left.

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Spiedini Siciliani

Veal rolls filled with a stuffing made of breadcrumbs, pecorino cheese and ham. 

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Cannoli Siciliani

Delicious Sicilian dessert.  A crispy biscuit shell filled with ricotta and chocolate chips and topped with candied fruit. 

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Arancini

Rice balls (basically risotto shaped into a ball and deep-fried). They are traditionally  filled with ragù or ham and cheese. 

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