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Sicilian Cooking

Egg Recipes

Simple Sicilian Frittata

The frocia or frittata made in the zone surrounding Palermo and the northern part of Sicily, it is preferably scented with parsley except for the province of Trapani where the favorite herb is mint ..

Pisci d’Ovu Frittata

In the hinterland and in the Eastern and Southern part of Sicily the frittata is called “u pisci d’ovu”, literarily meaning a fish made of eggs; it is a substitute for the real fish when fish are too expensive or unavailable ..

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Frittata with Fresh Fava Beans

Italy is the world’s biggest produce of fava beans. In Sicily and in all southern Italian regions fava is a largely cultivated bean; in season is consummated fresh and cooked in a variety of ways or dried, stored and used in the cold months ..

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Milassata Frittata

In western and the south-east part of Sicily the frittata or frocia is called milassata or malassata; it comes in savory and sweet version. In the savory version mint and basil are combined to flavor it; as in the basic version, for each egg used, it is added ½ tablespoon of breadcrumb, ..

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Sweet Frittata

In the Western and in the south-east of Sicily, the frocia is called milassata or malassata; it comes in savory and sweet version. The sweet version, the malassata is a dessert easy to make; the name and the ingredients ..