Homemade Sausage Recipe
Homemade Sausage Recipe The basic Sicilian style sausages are made with ground pork meat, fennel seeds, salt and pepper; then to add more flavor and taste, cheese and wine are added. In addition, In Palermo, the…
Baked Sausages Squash Papillote
Baked Sausages and Summer Squash in Papillote ( Salsiccia e Zucchini al Cartoccio – Sasizza e Cucuzza a Cartoccio ) This dish requires greased parchment paper or aluminum foil, and a barbeque or an oven.…
Braised Sausages Cauliflower
Braised Sausages with Sauté Purple Cauliflower ( Salsiccia alla Siciliana con Cavolfiore dell’Etna Affogato – Sasizza e u Bastardu ) In Catania, the quality of the meat used to make sausages is different and typical,…
Lettuce Salad
Lettuce Salad ( Insalata di Lattuga – ‘Nzalata ri Lattuca ) Salad can be a perfect start to a meal or it can even be a side dish served in concert with a meat or…
Potato Salad
Potato Salad ( Patate all’Insalata – ‘Nzalata ri Patati ) Nothing is easier to prepare than potato salad. It is liked by almost everybody and it is fulfilling, nutritious and healthy if it is not…
Black Olives
Black Olives Salads ( Olive Nere – Alivi Nivuri ) Sicily produces a large number of olives and the region is one of Italy’s largest manufacturers of cured olives and of quality olive oil. If…
Green Olives Salads
Green Olives Salads (Olive Verdi – Alivi Bianchi ) The olive trees are cultivated in the entire Island and many trees are well over a few centuries. The fruits of this tree are mostly pressed…
Eggplants Preserved in Oil
Eggplants Preserved in Oil ( Melanzane Sott’olio – Milinciani sutt’ oghiu ) Olives, cheeses, giardiniera, salted anchovies or sardines are a must in a Sicilian pantry and preserved eggplants, garnished with fresh extra virgin olive…
Cheese Ball Soup
Cheese Ball Soup ( Polpettine di Formaggio – Purpetti ri Caciu ) In the old days, when bread was baked at home, not every day but enough to last at least a week, any leftover…
Squash Blossoms, Fior di Zuchinni
Squash Blossoms, Fior di Zuchinni ( Fiori di Zucca – Ciuri i Cucuzza ) For a short period of time, when the harvest of the summer and winter squashes is at its peak, squash blossoms…