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Rabbit with Tomato Sauce

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Rabbit with Tomato Sauce ( Coniglio con Salsa di Pomodori – Conighiu a Ragu’ ) The white and tender meat of the rabbit combines well with tomato sauce, and it is a very well accepted… Rabbit with Tomato Sauce

Rabbit Stimpiratu

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Braised Rabbit with Olives, Capers, Vinaigrette Sauce ( Conigli Brasati con Capperi ed Olive all’Aceto – Conighiu Stimpiratu a Siracusana ) Wild and domestic rabbits are abundant in the province of Syracuse and they are… Rabbit Stimpiratu

Eye Round in Wine Aggrassatu

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Eye Round Braised in Wine ( Girello Stracotto alla Palermitana – Lucertu Aggrassatu ) In Palermo, our butcher (il carnezziere) was Mr.Giarrusso, owner of “The Giarrusso Meat Market”. In my hometown, the loyalty to the… Eye Round in Wine Aggrassatu

Liver Sweet & Sour Sauce

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Liver in Sweet & Sour Sauce ( Fegato all’Agrodolce – Ficatu ca’ Acitu ) I loved this dish and my mother made it for me very often. The liver is high in cholesterol but by… Liver Sweet & Sour Sauce

Braised Pork with Lemon

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Braised Pork with Lemon ( Maiale Brasato – Rassu Mauru ) The delicious and much celebrated dish particularly popular in Palermo, called Farsumagru, which literally means false (deceptive) lean (as meager, poor), is in fact to… Braised Pork with Lemon

Pig Skins in Tomato Sauce

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Rolled Pig Skins in Tomato Sauce ( Cotenne con il Sugo – Cutichi – Pittinicchia cu Sucu ) Rolled pork skin is a tasty piatto unico, one course meal, usually prepared on Sundays. The cotenne are stuffed with… Pig Skins in Tomato Sauce

Cauliflower Fritters

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Cauliflower Fritters ( Polpette di Cavolfiore  –  Vastidduzzi chi Vrocculi ) When I lived in Palermo, at dinner time, my mother served the cauliflower pancakes as a side dish or as a main dish paired… Cauliflower Fritters

Escarole

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Escarole (Scarola Saltata – Scarola cu l’Agghia) Endive (Cichorium Endivia) includes three principal varieties: the Belgian endive, the curly escarole, also called chicory and the escarole.  The Belgian endive is used for salads and for… Escarole

Sicilian Style Tomato Salad

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Sicilian Style Tomato Salad ( Pomodori all’Insalata – Pumaroru a ‘Nzalata ) In Sicilian cookery, tomato salad is one of the simplest dishes to prepare and it uses few ingredients; it is an excellent contorno, (side… Sicilian Style Tomato Salad