| Sicily has always had an economy based on fishing and agriculture, providing traditional cuisine ingredients like bread crumbs, olive oil, wine, eggplants, garlic, dry and citrus fruits. Most traditional cuisine relies on fish and seafood recipes, as you may expect, but Sicily also hosts a number of mountain communities whose main activity is pastoralism, so you also find several types of local cheese. Always visit fish markets to buy for less any sort of typical food you want to try! |
| Sicilian Cuisine |
| Sicilian cuisine reflects the complexity of this island, featuring a rich history, an ancient culture, and a divide between the rich and the poor which was sharply present in Sicilian society until recently, making for striking contrasts and for a beautifully multifaceted food culture |
| Land and Sea |
| A traditional Sicilian dessert is "Pasticcini": huge, vividly coloured and beautifully shaped sweet pies. Sicilian traditional pastry was founded by the Arabs, enhanced by the aristocracy and kept alive by the nuns, as applies to the most famous of Sicilian sweets: "Cassata". Citrus fruits, almonds, ricotta cheese and pistachios are much widely used than cream. Snow on Mount Etna also provided ice all year round: Sicilians claim that ice creams and tasty "Granita" were invented on this island |
| A special focus on Sweet Food |
