| If you like good food, Sicilian cuisine is well worth | | | | New York, where most of the large Italian-American |
| knowing about. Sicily is famed for its seafood. | | | | population is Sicilian. Tomato pie is often served in an |
| Finnochio con sarde, or fennel with sardines, is popular. | | | | aluminum baking sheet. |
| Grilled swordfish is typical and small fish like red | | | | Sicilian Gelato and Other Desserts |
| snappers are often cooked in a sweet vinegar sauce. | | | | Cassata is a sugary cake with a sweetened ricotta |
| Cuttlefish is served in its own black sauce, with pasta | | | | filling. Cannoli are tubular crusts with the same filling. |
| on the side. | | | | Ricotta in Sicily is made from sheep's milk so it has a |
| An eggplant, olive, celery and caper salad called | | | | different taste from the ricotta available in the United |
| caponata is very popular as an appetizer in Sicily and | | | | States. |
| there is also a version of this dish using artichoke | | | | Sicilian style gelato is an intense flavored ice cream |
| instead of eggplant. Panella is a fried paste made from | | | | recipe which is made simply with milk, sugar, |
| powdered or crushed garbanzo beans. You can also | | | | cornstarch and flavoring. The following recipe for |
| make maccu, a Sicilian soup recipe, with garbanzo | | | | Sicilian chocolate gelato serves six people and you will |
| beans. Arancine are meat or cheese stuffed rice balls, | | | | need an ice cream maker to make it. |
| which are then fried. | | | | Chocolate Gelato Sicilian Style |
| Meat is very popular in Sicily, especially goat and lamb. | | | | You will need: |
| Veal marsala is a famous Sicilian recipe and you can | | | | - 4 oz roughly chopped bittersweet chocolate |
| use chicken instead of veal for a similar result. Veal | | | | - 2 tablespoons cornstarch |
| spleen sandwiches are also typically Sicilian, but these | | | | - 3/4 cup sugar |
| do not sound quite so tempting! | | | | - 3 cups whole milk |
| Delicious Sicilian Pizza | | | | How to make it: |
| Sicilian pizza is a type of pizza from Palermo in Sicily. | | | | Warm 2 cups of the milk over a medium heat and |
| With Sicilian pizza, or sfinciuni as it is called in the Sicilian | | | | remove it from the heat when it starts to simmer. Add |
| language, the cheese goes under the toppings, rather | | | | the chocolate and stir until it melts. Mix together the |
| than on top. An authentic Sicilian pizza recipe will | | | | cornstarch, sugar and the rest of the milk, and then |
| feature chopped anchovies and pecorino cheese. | | | | pour this mixture into the hot milk and chocolate |
| Focaccia alla messinese is a variety of pizza from | | | | mixture. |
| Messina in Sicily and this is topped with anchovies and | | | | Bring the pan to a slow simmer and cook, stirring all the |
| endive. | | | | time, until the mixture is thick. This will take about 10 |
| A Sicilian pizza in the United States is normally square | | | | minutes. Let the mixture cool to room temperature, |
| and has a deep dough. This kind of pizza is also | | | | then put it into a bowl, cover it and refrigerate it |
| known as tomato pie. It is popular in Italian-American | | | | overnight. Process it in an ice cream maker according |
| parts of New Jersey and New York, especially Utica, | | | | to the manufacturer's instructions. |