Sicily is known for its food!
While visiting the western cities of Trapani and Palermo, I was on a mission to taste as many local specialities as possible. Mission accomplished.
Arancini- fried rice balls. Delicious snack sold everywhere! Traditionally filled with tomato sauce and meat, arancini can also be filled with spinach & sausage, ham & cheese, mushrooms, and many other vegetables & meats. In Palermo they often add Béchamel (white sauce- milk thickened with roux (butter & flour) and some aromatics) to the rice to give it an even richer taste.
My first arancino, filled with ragu (sauce and meat).
Busiata Trapanese- the curly pasta of Trapani.
Every region (and sometimes each city) has its own pasta that is designed specifically for the specific sauce of that area.
Sicilian oranges and lemons are among the best in the world. These of course are blood oranges!
Pasta con le Sarde (Pasta with Sardines).
This is a typical dish of Palermo and when made with fresh sardines caught that day, it is simply amazing. Traditionally it is comprised of onion, wild fennel, pine nuts, sauteed sardines, and bread crumbs, served over spaghetti.
Butchering at one of the food markets in Palermo. Not so sure there is a HACCP plan in place here!
Beautiful olives are found all over the markets!
Fresh fish every day!
Sicily is known for its excellent quality of tuna.
I have never seen tuna like this before!
In addition to tuna, Sicily also has exceptional swordfish.
Ready to be dinner!
Sardines- delicious!
Baked ricotta cheese, topped with Sicilian oregano, crushed red pepper flakes and an olive!
Long zucchini. Seriously, that is what it is called here.
Sicilian oregano is exceptionally flavorful!
Spaghetti Siciliana. Typical Sicilian pasta dish with tomatoes, basil and eggplant. The eggplant here are sweet and delicious!
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