The Sicily Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from a Mediterranean Island

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Packed with more than 70 Sicilian recipes, all accompanied by evocative food photography from the island, this Italian cookbook will bring the Mediterranean sunshine into your kitchen. It's especially welcome in the baking heat of summer, and you'll often see cafés full of people enjoying this wonderful combination before getting ready for the day ahead. Here are ten of the island’s most famous dishes that simply must be tasted if you’re visiting the crossroads of the Mediterranean. They're prepared in all sorts of ways, but one of the most popular is a beccafico, which sees them stuffed with pine nuts, raisins and breadcrumbs before being baked.

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This can be made the night or a couple of days ahead of time, and cooked at the last minute for a surprising treat for guests.While only a few miles from Italy, Sicily's heritage is proudly distinct from that of the mainland, favouring dishes packed with spices, citrus fruits, cheeses, olives, tomatoes, aubergines, and seafood.

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When they’re at their freshest, however, there’s no need to do anything to them at all – locals know they taste best when simply dressed in a little local lemon juice and olive oil and eaten raw, a real treat for any foodie visiting Sicily. This Sicilian cookbook features three strands of Sicilian cooking - Cucina Povera (peasant food), Cibo di Strada (street food), and Cucina dei Monsù (sophisticated food).The outside edges are crispy and crunchy while that saucy and cheesy center is much like a pasta in texture. In the 17th and 18th centuries, many Sicilian monasteries produced candies and pastries, some with sexual or fertility themes.

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Yummy chicken recipes, tasty pasta dishes, and flavorful classic italian dishes are all included in my Sicilian kitchen. Antonella la Macchia's Sicilian cannoli is a classic recipe, but give Roberto Petza's Crunchy cannoli with cardamom cream a go too – it's a bit different, but just as delicious.

Like a stone being booted across the water from Calabria to Tunisia, Sicily sits almost in the center of the Mediterranean Sea.

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There’s also cassata, a Sicilian sponge cake flavoured with chocolate, citrus fruits, marzipan and a sweetened ricotta cream. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Being an island means fish and seafood is obviously integral to the Sicilian diet, and Italy’s famous gambero rosso ( red prawns) are caught by the local fishermen. We always think of Sicily as Italian – and it is, of course – but under the surface, the island is a huge confluence of cultures and influences, stretching back for over 2,000 years.He focuses on what he loves best – a few top quality ingredients making perfectly balanced flavour combination – and offers over 100 recipes with simple methods that work in a home kitchen. Anchovies are sauteed with garlic in olive oil and served with cooked spaghetti topped with breadcrumbs and chopped parsley for a super simple, flavorful meal.