Recipe

Petrafennula | Dolci Siciliani Recipe

The origins of this Sicilian sweet are immediately recognisable in its ingredients, introduced by the Arabs who inhabited the island....

Lemon Salad Dressing, Grandfather's Recipe

In Sicily, we rely a lot on the ingredients produced by the island to create our food. The land around Mount Etna, the Mediterranean...

Cazzilli: Palermo Potato Croquettes Recipe

Cazzilli, potato and parsley croquettes are typical street food of Palermo. They are made from a mixture of mashed potatoes seasoned with...

Sardine Pasta recipe, Sicilian Style

It was seven in the morning and the temperature was fantastic in Trapani, my hometown. I woke up with the house flooded with the smell of...

Italian Summer Tradition, Bottling Tomato Sauce

Reminiscing on my childhood, I remember one of the prominent Italian family traditions in summer is Bottling Tomato Sauce. In Sicily,...

Babbalùciu (Pisan Helix) Sicilian Recipe

"Babbalùciu” is the word for Pisan Helix in Sicilian dialect. This is a small and white land snail very common in the countryside of...