Pan di Spagna
Sponge Cake ( Pan di Spagna ) This sponge cake was originally made without using any specific recipe. The main ingredients flour, sugar, eggs and a leavening agent, as baking powder or lemon juice, were…
The Glaze
The Glaze ( La Glassa – A Velata ) The outside of many pastries is covered with a light layer of glaze prepared with confectionery sugar and lemon juice and butter. The sourness of the…
Zuccata – Marmelade or Candied Squash
Candied Pumpkin ( Zuccata – Cucuzzata – Cucuzza ‘Ncilippata ) In Sicily, the yellow pumpkins are abundant and cooked as appetizers, side dishes and in a sweet version used in breads, cookies, sweets and cakes.…
Pistachio Cream
Pistachio Cream Dessert ( Crema al Pistacchio di Bronte ) The pistachio cream is a custard dessert often served in parfait glasses, in champagne cups, in goblet glasses, or in small soufflé dishes: the recipe…
Biancomangiare – Eggless Custard Cream
Eggless Custard Cream ( Biancomangiare ) Biancomangiare is used as an eggless custard cream or to make a simple dessert . If made as a dessert, it’s usually served with fresh berries or covered with sweet…
Custard or Pastry Cream
Custard or Pastry Cream ( Crema Pasticciera – Crema ri latti ) The mush made with grain fed the Etruscan and the italic population for centuries. The grain was sometimes replaced with chestnuts that were…
Ricotta Cream
Ricotta Cream ( Crema di Ricotta – Crema ri Ricuotta ) The ricotta cream is widely used in baking Sicilian desserts and as filling for Cannoli, Cassate, for the Saint Joseph Sfingi and other various, colorful and specialty…
Rice Croquettes with Orange Honey
Rice Croquettes with Orange Honey (Crocchette di Riso con Miele all’Arancia – Crispeddi di Risu ) The Crispeddi with rice are a sweet snack originally made in Catania by the Benedictine monks. In present times,…
Grand Mom Sidotti’s Easter Bread
Grand Mom Sidotti’s Easter Bread ( Recipe contributed by Phil Sidotti ) Large varieties of bread are a specialty of the towns built in the hills of the Nebrodi Mountains. In fact, the wheat produced…
Puppets with Eggs (Easter)
Puppets with Eggs ( Pupa cu l’ova ) Spring Equinox marks the end of winter and the time to prepare for the new season, to care for the lands and to do all necessary planning…