2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Sicily is the southernmost island of Italy, as well as the largest island in the Mediterranean. Going there for a holiday is worth not only to enjoy the pleasant beaches, to visit Mount Etna, to find out where the mafia really started or to see cities like Palermo, Catania, Syracuse and many others. It is also worth visiting because of the Sicilian cuisine, which is quite different from the mainland Italian cuisine.
Sicilian cuisine is a large mixture of Arabs, Berbers, Phoenicians, Greeks, Vikings and many other peoples who visited and brought with them a variety of food products. The land turned out to be very fertile and with a few exceptions such as pears and apples, which do not grow very well here, everything else is skillfully grown and used in the kitchen of the Sicilians today.
Olives, lemons, capers, melons and watermelons, apricots, figs, aubergines, as well as all kinds of nuts such as cashews, pistachios, walnuts and almonds, bequeathed by the Arabs, are especially revered.
What she is probably best known for Sicilian cuisine, is the abundance of fish and seafood, which are added to all kinds of Italian salads, as well as to pasta, antipasta, pizza and sandwiches. It is believed that this love of seafood was acquired by the Greeks, but since indeed many peoples inhabited today's Sicily, this issue can be disputed.
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It is certain, however, that the Arabs still have a passion for couscous, which is widely prepared in the capital of Sicily, Palermo, as well as in the surrounding area.
Not to mention himself the way Sicilians eat. They do not have a special sequence of serving the dishes, because in practice there is not always a main dish. Everything that is served on the table is eaten, and often the pizza can be just a kind of appetizer, and not the main one, as we accept it.
Especially plentiful are the tables that are prepared during a big holiday or family celebration. Then, in addition to red wine, with which Sicily is also known, a digestif (alcohol of about or over 70%) is offered, whose role is to help the food settle faster. Perhaps the most popular is the so-called. The fire of Mount Etnawhich will literally "hit you in the heels".
For real Sicilian specialties rice meatballs with Arancini filling, Caponata hot salad and Sfinchone pizza are considered. Since we often like to "Bulgarianize" the words, we will mention that Sfinchone pizza is not made with pork, but with anchovies and other seasonal products. Try it, it's worth it!
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