Rabbit with Tomato Sauce
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 Stimpiratu
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…
Stuffed Eye Round Abbuttunatu
Stuffed Eye Round – Abbuttunatu (Girello Ripieno – Lucertu Abbuttunatu ) The eye of the round is a boneless cut of meat that looks like tenderloin and although it is tastier, it is rather tough…
Eye Round in Wine Aggrassatu
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…
Liver Sweet & Sour Sauce
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…
Braised Pork with Lemon
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…
Pig Skins in Tomato Sauce
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…
Cauliflower Fritters
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…
Escarole
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…
Sicilian Style Tomato Salad
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…