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.Sicilian food history umass.edu Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Spanish, Greek and Arab influences.
Sicilian dishes
Name Image DescriptionArancini or 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 ricottaCaponata cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce mashed potato and egg covered in bread crumbs and fried 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. pork and/or beef byproducts from butchering, fried in lard and spiced pork sausages flavored with salt, black pepper and fennel seed (), made in Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela Soup with dried fava beans and fennel Sesame-seed bread, or the layered New Orleans sandwich made with it, stuffed with sausage meats, cheese, olive salad, and other ingredients Sicilian fritters made from chickpea flour and other ingredients. They are a popular street food in Palermo. Organ meats (lung, spleen) and sausage served on vastedda, a sesame-seed bun A baked pasta dish with many varieties, but most often including macaroni, ragù, eggplant, basil, white wine, breadcrumbs, boiled eggs, or salami, caciocavallo, , and sometimes meatballs, peas, other cheeses or béchamel substituted for one of the cheeses. Pasta with tomatoes, fried eggplant, ricotta and basil A Palermo pasta dish made with long pasta, a sauce of (the whitebait of Mediterranean sardines and anchovies), olive oil, garlic, parsley, black pepper, and white wine. pasta with anchovies, garlic, tomato, cinnamon, cloves, almonds, fresh basil and breadcrumbs pasta with sardines and anchovies a Sicilian variation of the Genoese pesto, typical of the province of Trapani. 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 , a sort of pesto-sauce based on garlic and walnuts. 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/ a thin flatbread layered with vegetables, cheese and meats and rolled upSicilian 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 . a dish of spaghetti pasta, with olive oil, raw garlic, chili pepper, parsley, and or breadcrumbs, and commonly tomato spiced and grilled intestine, typically from lamb or goatMelanzane ripiene stuffed eggplantOrange salad oranges, extra virgin olive oil, salt, spring onions typical of the Trapani area, with vegetables, and fish
Beverages Amaro Averna, a herb-citrus liqueur Marsala wine Zibibbo
Sodas Sibat Tomarchio Bibite Polara
Cheeses 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 – a Sicilian sheep's-milk cheese
Desserts and sweets
Cannoli Cassata
Gelato
Granita Ice cream
Zeppole
Fruits and vegetables Aglio Rosso di NubiaMilano, Serena; Ponzio, Raffaella; Sardo, Piero . L'Italia dei Presìdi. Slow Food Editore, 2002. pp. 374-375. Cipolla di Giarratana Mazzarrone (grape) Pomodoro di Pachino Siracusa lemon
Salads
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. Sicilian orange salad () – 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.Edward Behr, James MacGuire: The Art of Eating. University of California Press 2011, , p. 102 () Pantelleria salad () – 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
List of Italian dishes Italian cuisine
References