Foods and Wines Listed
Sicilian cuisine reflects the culinary influences of the numerous societies which brought their cultures to Sicily. Certain ancient Greek and medieval Arab influences are particularly prominent. A few foods and wines stand out.
Foods:
Arancine, stuffed rice balls.
Beccafico, small stuffed herring.
Buccellato, cake stuffed with figs and nuts, popular in winter.
Caciocavallo, local cheese made from sheep's milk.
Cannoli, tubular pastry filled with sweet ricotta cheese cream.
Caponata, eggplant, olive and caper salad.
Capricciosa, pizza with various toppings including artichokes, ham.
Cassata, frosted cake filled with ricotta cream.
Couscous, Tunisian (and Sicilian) dish popular in Trapani area.
Croccante, literally crunchy, butter crunch ice cream.
Croquet or Crocchè, fried potato, cheese, egg, mint dumplings.
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Fava, large broad beans.
Fragola, strawberry, an ice cream flavor.
Frutta di Martorana, almond marzipan pastries popular in Palermo.
Gelato, ice cream (listed here by flavor).
Gelo di Mellone, watermelon gelatin popular in summer.
Gelsi, mulberry, an ice cream flavor.
Granita, flavored ices popular in summer.
Involtini, stuffed swordfish or meat pieces.
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Latte di Mandorla, almond flavored drink.
Maccu, creamy soup made of dried fava beans.
Margherita, pizza made with tomatoes, fresh basil, mozzarella.
Nero di Seppia, cuttlefish ink (as pasta sauce).
Nocciola, hazelnut, an ice cream flavor.
Pane con la milza, beef spleen sandwiches popular in Palermo.
Panella, fried ceci cakes.
Pasta al Forno, baked pasta with meat sauce.
Pasta con le sarde, pasta with fennel and herring sauce.
Pasta alla Norma, pasta with swordfish and aubergines (eggplant).
Pasta Reale, term for Frutta di Martorana.
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Ricotta, cottage cheese made from sheep's milk.
Semifreddo, whipped dessert similar to mousse.
Sfinci, fried cream puffs filled with ricotta cheese cream.
Sfincione, thick pizza topped with tomatoes, onions, anchovies.
Spiedini, meat or fish served on small skewer.
Zuppa Inglese, ice cream flavor containing rum.
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Wines and Liqueurs:
Cataratto, white wine.
Insolia, slightly fruity white wine.
Limoncello, lemon liqueur.
Marsala, fortified dessert and cooking wine.
Nero d'Avola, strong native red wine similar to Syrah.
Novello, noveau red wines ready in November.
Passito, sweet dessert wine.
Zibibbo, white grape used in varietals and Marsala.
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Trying it: Restaurants are indicated on the page describing each locality.

Cream filled cannoli.