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Sicilian Cooking

Tomato Recipes

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What is Tomato?

The tomato plant is a member of the nightshade family, like the eggplant and potato. This plant is indigenous American and it grew from Mexico to Peru’. The tomato was called tomatl in the Nahuatl language which was spoken by the Aztecs living in Central America, who also called it xitomati or tomati. ...

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Stuffed Tomatoes Palermo Style

There is no precise recipe of the ingredients of the stuffing but the toasted breadcrumbs and the salted anchovies are customarily used. Therefore when making stuffed tomatoes with the breadcrumbs and anchovies use your fantasy and whatever is available in your pantry and refrigerator: ...

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Tomato Salad

In Sicilian cookery, tomato salad is one of the simplest dishes to prepare and it uses few ingredients; it is an excellent contorno (side dish), and an exceptional lunch, when coupled with oven fresh bread. In the preparation of this recipe the basic ingredients are: ...