The Sicily Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from a Mediterranean Island

CONTENTS
Introduction
Sicily: a cultural guide
Primi
	LA MELANZANA
	PASTA ALLA NORMA
	Pasta with tomato, eggplants, and ricotta salata
	Pasta towers with meat sauce and eggplants
	Pasta with sardines (rich & poor)
	The mayor of Palermo’s favorite pasta
	Pasta carriage-style
	Pasta with spring vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, and ricotta
	ELVIRA
	Elvira’s mama’s homemade raw tomato passata
	Pasta with tender squash leaves
	Black pasta with squid
	Pasta with ricotta, kumquats, and tuna bottarga
	Ravioli with radicchio, ricotta, and mortadella
	Pasta with Trapani pesto
Secondi
	IL MARE
	Steamed scabbard fish with tomatoes
	Fried anchovies with mint
	Stuffed sardines on a skewer
	Tuna in a pistachio and sesame crust with sweet pickled peppers
	Salt cod with olives, capers, and pears
	IL AGRODOLCE
	Sweet-and-sour rabbit
	Tripe with black chickpeas
	Sweet meatballs with almonds and cinnamon
	Sicilian pork sausages baked with potatoes
Piatto unico
	IL MONSÙ
	Caponata with eggs and St. Bernardo sauce
	St. Bernardo sauce
	Meat and vegetable pie with pasta and custard filling
	Anchovy and potato tart
	CICCIO
	Stuffed baked artichokes with St. Bernardo sauce
	Ricotta dumplings in an orange and tomato sauce
	Angel hair pasta fritters with pecorino, spinach, date syrup, and cinnamon
	Mafaldine with lamb and minted sweet-and-sour squash
	LA STRADA
	White Sicilian focaccia
	Grilled octopus with ricotta hummus, panelle, and lemon couscous
	Arancini with tuna and eggplant
	Sicilian brioche burgers
	Sourdough bread with an Italian “mother”
	Two kinds of sandwich, traditional and modern
	LA TERRA
	Fava bean purée with black olives, chicory, and toast
	Fava beans with tomatoes and fried egg
	Double Jerusalem artichoke with black lentils and crispy chicken feet
Intermezzi
	Fried fava beans
	Smoked tuna with grilled eggplant, figs, burrata, and a hint of orange
	Mini sesame panini with lemon marmalade and scamorza
	Sicilian sesame rolls with mortadella
	Zucchini flowers stuffed with Italian sausages and mozzarella with a pistachio coating
	SALVATORE
	Potatoes cooked in seawater
	Tuna tartare marinated in seawater and served with red shrimp
	Raw zucchini salad
	Catanian tomato salad
	LA MONTAGNA
	Prickly pear skins coated in breadcrumbs
	Orange salad with pecorino and black olives
	Potato salad with capers, tuna, and olive crumble
	Braised broccoli
	Eggplant rissoles with scamorza and mint
Dolci
	LA MANDORLA
	Almond blancmange
	CORRADO
	Pistachio pastry
	MARIA
	Cream-filled shortcrust pastries
	Coffee ice cream sundae with hot chocolate sauce
	Coffee ice cream
	Layered dessert with crème pâtissière and Marsala
	Sicilian cassata torte
	Strawberry granita
	Traditional Sicilian orange cake
	Watermelon pudding
	Ricotta and wheat berry cakes
	Cannoli with artichoke cream
Bevande
	IL CHIOSCO
	Sparkling salted lemon drink
	A Sicilian gin fizz
	Almond milk with a hint of green lemon
	A Sicilian aperitif
	Prickly pear and pomegranate cocktail
	IL VINO
Addresses
Index and acknowledgments
GRAZZI ASSAI!