SaucySiciliana

You can use beef, chicken or pork for this recipe, make sure it is thinly sliced. Make a kind of Progresso breadcrumbs by mixing breadcrumbs with chopped fresh garlic, oregano, basil, parsley and a bit of parmesan cheese.

One of the most popular recipes of Tuscany

Homemade meatballs, tasty and easy to prepare.

This is a very old traditional dish from the time when farmers in Sicily didn't have much to eat so they took ricotta and made a delicious and filling dish with this cheese and pasta.

This dish is served as a starter. We eat it as an accompaniment to bread.

Sicily is the land of almonds, that is why in Sicily you can find many sweets made with almonds.

A Sicilian dessert and tonic, loved by both children and adults.

This is a simple and traditional Sicilian cake.

In Sicily people usually have breakfast at the bar with a coffee or cappuccino and a cornetto (croissant). I prefer to have breakfast at home.

Macco is a soup made out of fava beans. It is found throughout Sicily and it has been inserted on the list of traditional Italian foods.

This is the traditional Sicilian way of making tomato sauce.

Minestrone is a typical Italian dish, each region in Italy has its own recipe. In general it's made with whatever vegetables you have available.

Sausage with fennel is a traditional Sicilian dish, it can be grilled, pan fried or baked in the oven with potatoes.

A perfect antipasto or main dish. You can use normal mozzarella or buffalo mozzarella (mozzarella di bufala).

Pane cunzato is a typical Sicilian sandwich. It's made with pane di semola rimacinata and filled with mozzarella, tomatoes, anchocies, onions and olive oil.

Sicily is known for its abundant seafood. This is a very easy and fast way to cook squid.

Bianco Mangiare, also known in French as Blancmanger, was originally introduced to Sicily by the Arabs. It's a very simply but delicious dessert.

Biscotti all'Anice are anise cookies, sold in every pastry shop in Sicily.

This is the most delicious dish of Western SIcily, precisely from the city of Trapani. It is very easy and quick to make. Prepare the pesto with garlic, salt, tomatoes, fresh basilico and olive oil. When the pasta is cooked just pour the sauce over it and it's ready to eat. You can sprinkle grated pecorino on top. Traditionally almonds were added to the pesto but I prefer the version without the almonds.

Cannolis are found everywhere in Sicily, you can get them in bars (in Sicily we call cafès "bars"), in pastry shops, in restaurants, in bakeries and so on. The traditional filling for a cannolo is ricotta, sugar and candied fruit cut in pieces and candied cherries. Nowadays though there are a variety of fillings, such as pistachios and chocolate chips.

Bruschetta is one of the most popular dishes in Italy, dating back as far as Ancient Rome. It is prepared differently in every region of Italy, but the traditional way is to toast a slice of bread (Italian Bread, obviously), then rub it with garlic and add chopped tomatoes, olive oil, salt and basilico on top.

Zuppa inglese means English Soup, but in this case it's an Italian dessert very similar to the British Trifle.

Zabaglione is made with egg yoks and sugar. 1 egg yolk to three teaspoons sugar, and a drop of Marsala all'Uovo. It used to be given to small children as a tonic, now we eat it as a dessert, especially here in Sicily.

Busiate are a characteristic short twisted pasta of Western Sicily.

Prosciutto e Melone. Italian ham and melon appetizer.