Arancini, to feel a volcanic happiness
PASTA WITH LE SARDE
Is this one of the great examples of Mediterranean food in general and Italian food in particular? Simple and good product , that is the key in which Italy and Sicily play. No need for expensive ingredients or circus preparations; With four things magic works. The bucatini are tangled on the pasta of fresh sardines undone and sprinkled with breadcrumbs and olive oil that enhance its flavor. It is a classic of Palermo, and as such that is where you have to try it, in that beautiful and disastrous city like a traffic accident in slow motion.
Sicilian spaghetti
COUSCOUS
Few things we have had more tasty and satisfying than Trapanesian couscous, accompanied by tomato, the ubiquitous aubergine and well washed with fish broth . Julia Pérez Lozano described **here** the festival in her honor from San Vito Lo Capo , where its character as an ingredient is manifested as it is capable of being mixed with the most varied ingredients to create recipes with little to do with each other. A plate of couscous in Sicily tells us about the heritage of an island for which all civilizations have passed of the Mediterranean leaving its mark in the form of monuments, conflicts and classic dishes . History and culture in one bite.
To eat with your hands has been said
ARANCINI
Are the rushed aperitif or snack perfect: triangular-shaped rice balls stuffed with meat (ragout) or more or less creative condiments. You have to replace the bite of pizza al taglio with one of them when hunger strikes and sit down to taste it taking the fresh one in one of those sicilian summer nights that belong to mythology.
Arancini, the perfect aperitif
CANNOLI
Oh, oh, the everlasting comment on The Godfather and the mafia that is not lacking in any article about Sicily, ill weigh us. At the risk of being repetitive, we insist on it: there is already something legendary in the relationship food-cinema-idiosyncrasy of country that occurs in this very sweet roll filled with ricotta and garnished with candied fruit. They are the vehicle for the poison (you know, that weapon traditionally considered feminine ) in The Godfather III and the demonstration of the deep link – so involved that they even merge into the same thing – between organized crime and the normality of domestic life in the first film of the trilogy. A whole world and a foundational masterpiece of cinema defined in one sentence: "Put down the gun, take the cannoli".
Have you already tried the Cannoli?
GRANITE
Before the granites of Sicily we feel something similar to what the man in Plato's cave must have felt when he managed to get out into the world . All the granitas that we have tasted until then become mere shadows, clumsy imitations of the authentic granita , which is beautiful, it's real, and it makes us wonder what the heck of Tang (with all our love for Tang) granitas with sub-par crushed ice we've been consuming all our lives. In Sicily granita is made with lemon juice , orange and is so solid and smooth that it is consumed directly on a bun. The right point of sweetness and acidity , such a delicate and perfectly unified texture that makes it clear that we can no longer return to the cave.
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