Spaghetti with Fresh Anchovies Catania Style ( Spaghetti con Alici e Finocchio Selvatico – Pasta chi Masculini a Catanisi) If the Pasta con Sarde, pasta with sardines, is very popular in the western part of Sicily,…
Pasta Puttanesca ( Pasta Puttanesca – Pasta con Acciughe, Olive, Capperi e Pomidoro ) Sauce arrabiata and puttanesca are quickly prepared condiments for pasta. The arrabiata is easy to make; pasta arrabiata is characterized by the savor of tomato, the flavorful and abundant…
Bow Tie Pasta with Fresh Tuna & Tomato ( Farfalle con Tonno e Pomodoro – Pasta ca’ Tunnina e Pumaroru ) Pasta with tuna fish and tomato is easy to prepare: a gourmand dish with…
Pasta with Wild Fennels and “Runaway Sardines” ( Pasta con Sarde Fuggite – Pasta chi Sardi a Mari ) In Palermo, this pasta is made using the recipe of Pasta con Sarde without the fresh sardine,…
Pasta with Nunnata ( Pasta ca’ Nunnata – Pasta ca’ Sfighiata ) In Palermo, the nunnata (neonata – just born) is also called sfighiata (from fighia, daughter); in Italian these small fish are called bianchetti, because of their whitish transparent color. The…
Spaghetti with Lobster Sauce – Trapani Style ( Spaghetti con Salsa di Aragoste – Pasta ca Lausta ) My father’s Spaghetti with Lobster Sauce Trapani Style recipe will result in a dish of incomparable taste, with…
Pasta with Shrimps and Tomatoes (Pasta con Gamberi e Pomodori – Pasta cu l’Ammaru e Pumaroru ) This is an easy dish to prepare in little time and with a few ingredients. My Uncle Ferdinando,…
Mafalde Pasta with Anchovy’s Sauce and Fennels ( Mafalde con Salsa di Acciughe – Mafalda C’Anciova e a Muddica ) Mafalda is a women’s name and also the name of Princess Mafalda of Savoia, daughter…
Linguine Shrimps and Pistachio Pesto ( Linguine con Gamberi e Pesto al Pistacchio – Linguine cu l’ammaru e Ammoghiu ri Pistacchiu ) Linguine with shrimps in a light garlicky tomato sauce it is favored because of…
Linguine with Swordfish and Pistachios ( Linguine con Pesce Spada – Pasta cu Pisci Spata ) This dish was originally prepared in Messina where the swordfish is popular because the fishermen catch it in the Straits…