Pasta alla Norma is a delicious Sicilian pasta dish with eggplant, marinara and basil. This amazing recipe features roasted eggplant, not fried! Recipe yields 4 entrée servings.
Classic Sicilian dishes include deep fried street food, lots of offal, fresh seafood and so much more. Here's a guide to Sicilian food.
Traditional Sicilian deep fried balls or cones of rice filled with a meat ragu and peas.
Learn how to make homemade caponata with this recipe! This boldly flavored Sicilian appetizer or side dish is perfect for late summer meals. Recipe yields about 6 side servings.
Sicilian Caponata is an eggplant relish recipe with a balanced sweet and tangy flavor profile. It's full of bright flavors and summer produce, and is the perfect dish for any gathering!
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Polpette di Melanzane (Eggplant Meatballs without Meat) are a delicious, meatless alternative to your traditional meatball recipe. Moist and flavorful with the fresh, bright flavor of fresh basil, sharp Pecorino Romano cheese and garlic, these Polpette di Melanzane lack none of the heartiness and have all of the savoriness of its beef cousin. Your whole family will enjoy these tender “meatballs” that pair perfectly with your favorite pasta, vegetable side, crusty bread, or fork heading right into your mouth!
Pesto alla Trapanese is a Sicilian Pesto made with fresh tomatoes and a handful of ingredients for an easy delicious pasta in 15 minutes!
This delicious Sicilian Pasta with Fava Beans recipe was passed down through generations of our family from my great grandmother, who lived her entire life in Castelvetrano, Sicily. My nana made it for me when I was little, and it was by far my favorite pasta dish for my entire childhood.
This quick, authentic homemade Italian tomato sauce, made with San Marzano canned tomatoes, is different than most tomato sauce recipes: there’s no garlic, only onions, which adds a unique sweetness. All you need is one pot, a handful of ingredients and 40 minutes to cook. Makes enough sauce for 1/2 lb of pasta (double the recipe if you want!).
Wondering what to eat in Sicily? This Sicily food guide rounds up the best things to eat, from traditional dishes to Sicilian street food!
Pesto alla Trapanese is a Sicilian Pesto made with fresh tomatoes and a handful of ingredients for an easy delicious pasta in 15 minutes!
Eggplant Caponata is a traditional Sicilian dish with a sweet and sour flavor known as "agrodolce" in Italian. It's a rustic eggplant salad made with olives, tomatoes, celery, pine nuts, raisins and plenty of other flavorful ingredients. This traditional eggplant caponata recipe makes a wonderful antipasto, side dish or condiment to go along with your favorite Italian meals. Eggplant...
By: Francesca Montillo, ISDA Food + Travel Writer In 2019, right before tourism shut down, I led a food and wine tour of Sicily. Of course, being just that, a food and wine tour, we had our share of delicious Sicilian cuisine. One dish that kept popping up in many restaurants was the dish simply known … Continued
Le Panelle sono delle golose frittelle di farina di ceci, uno street food della cucina siciliana! Ecco la Ricetta per preparale in casa come le originali!
Pesto alla Trapanese is a Sicilian Pesto made with fresh tomatoes and a handful of ingredients for an easy delicious pasta in 15 minutes!
Easy to make Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake with graham cracker crust. Tested Italian cheesecake recipe that can be topped with berries or powdered sugar.
Sicilian Meatloaf is scrumptious comfort food that's easy enough to make for family dinners, yet impressive enough to make for guests.
