Ingredients for 30/40 pasticciotti:
- Dough:
1 kg of 00 flour
7 eggs
400 gr of sugar
400 gr of lard
15 gr of potassium bitartrate
10 gr of bicarbonate of soda
2 packets of…

Ingredients:
- Dough:

350 gr of flour
50 gr of butter
1 egg
1 tablespoon of sugar
Grated orange peel (1 orange)
Chopped lemon peel (1/2 lemon)
1 pinch of salt
- Stuffing:
350 gr…

Ingredients:
1 kg of 00 flour
150 gr of lard
100 gr of sugar
2 egg yolks
A cup of coffee or passito from Pantelleria
1 kg of ricotta cheese
600 gr of sugar
10…

Ingredients:
1 onion
Basil
50 gr of capers in salt from Pantelleria
4 small courgettes
4 ripe tomatoes
A pinch of oregano
Salt
Pepper
4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
50 gr of matured…

Ingredients for 4 people:
500 gr of fresh peas (in some variants peas can be replaced or supplemented in part by the same amount of potatoes or courgettes)
1 onion
5 tomatoes
A sprig of…

The Cassata is a typical sweet of Sicilian pastries. Created to celebrate Easter festivity after the Lenten sacrifices, its use has become common throughout the year. Its decor is baroque and sumptuous and its derivation…

Ingredients:
200 ml of water
1 packet of vanillin
Food colorings
200 gr of sugar
200 gr of almond flour

Almond paste

Preparation:
Put in a pan 200 gr of sugar and 200 ml of…

Ingredients:
125 gr of  icing sugar
125 gr of  almond flour
1 egg white
Few drops of almonds flavoring

Marzipan desserts

Preparation:
Take a bowl and put inside all ingredients, mixing all before with a…

Ingredients for 4 people:
1 kg of tuna slices
3 cloves of garlic
A posy of mint
½ glass of vinegar
Oil
Salt
Pepper

Tuna with garlic

Preparation:
Fry lightly the tuna slices in a…

Ingredients:
0.5 l of almond milk
350 gr of water
200 gr of sugar

Sicilian almond sorbet

Preparation:
Prepare the syrup, mixing sugar and water. Boil for several minutes, then let it become cold, taking…

The little Saint Aghata olives are almond sweets of  Catania, prepared usually in January and February, before and during the feast of the patron (3 – 5 February).
They’re olive-shaped sweets made of almond paste,…

Ingredients for 4 people:
500 gr of semolina flour
300 gr of toma (cheese)
100 gr of anchovies in oil
25 gr of yeast
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt…

The Sfinci of  St. Joseph are typical sweets that you eat in Sicily for the feast of St. Joseph, one of the oldest and traditional celebrations of southern Italy, linked to Father’s Day. The name…

Ingredients:
1 kg of pork
1 foot of pork
Ear pork
1 glass of vinegar
Lemon
Red pepper
Lemon pork jelly
Preparation:
Boil all the parts of pork in salted water for about three hours.…

‘O sammurigghiu, in dialect, is an ancient Sicilian sauce that is used to accompany grilled meat and fish. This sauce consists of lemon that must be emulsified with oil, parsley, fresh garlic and oregano. On…

Ripiddu ‘nnivicatu, snowy mountain in Italian, is a first course, product of a modern invention of a chef from Catania. It is rice with sepia presented like a pyramid, with the tip topped with ricotta…

Pasta alla Norma is a first course of Sicilian origin, a specialty of Catania. It is a homage to the most beautiful work of the famous composer from Catania Vincenzo Bellini, called Norma.
According to…

Ingredients:
4 eggs
500 gr of Manitoba flour
500 gr of 00 flour
400 gr of whole milk
200 gr of sugar
200 gr of butter
2 cubes of yeast
20 gr of salt
1…

Ingredients:
400 gr. of Minced Meat (mix meat or just veal meat)
50 gr. of Parmesan
Some Parsley
1 Egg
The minced peel of ½ lemon
½ Garlic Clove
Some Lemon Leaves
Salt
Pepper
Directions:
Mince…

Ingredients:
400 gr. of Rice
30   gr. of Butter
50   gr. of Parmesan
Some Broth
1 Glass of Dry White Wine
40   gr. of Onion
50   gr. of Fontina Cheese pieces
Some Parsley
2 Lemons…

Ingredients for eighteen cannoli:
250 gr. fresh ricotta
200 gr. of white flour
175 gr. icing sugar
50 gr. of candied orange and citron
18 candied cherries
1 egg
Butter
Bitter cocoa
30 gr of…