This is a list of Sicilian dishes and foods.

Sicilian cuisine Sicilian cuisine is the style of cooking on the island of Sicily. It shows traces of all cultures that have existed on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia. Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food a ...

shows traces of all the cultures which established themselves on the island of

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over the last two millennia. Although its cuisine has much in common with

Italian cuisine Italian cuisine (, ) is a Mediterranean cuisine#CITEREFDavid1988, David 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes and List of cooking techniques, cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula and late ...

, Sicilian food also has

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and

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influences.

Sicilian dishes

Arancini Arancini (, , , ) are Italian rice balls that are stuffed, coated with breadcrumbs and deep fried, and are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. The most common arancini fillings are: ''al ragù'' or ''al sugo'', filled with ragù (meat or mince, slow ...

or Arancine – stuffed rice balls which are coated with breadcrumbs and fried. They are said to have originated in Sicily in the 10th century during Kalbid rule. *

Cannoli Cannoli (; scn, cannola ) are Italian pastries consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling containing ricotta—a staple of Sicilian cuisine. They range in size from . In mainland Italy, they are ...

– shortcrust pastry cylindrical shell filled with sweetened sheep milk ricotta. * Caponata- cooked vegetable

salad A salad is a dish consisting of mixed, mostly natural ingredients with at least one raw ingredient. They are typically served at room temperature or chilled, though some can be served warm. Condiments and salad dressings, which exist in a va ...

made from chopped fried eggplant and

celery Celery (''Apium graveolens'') is a marshland plant in the family Apiaceae that has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, lea ...

seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with

caper ''Capparis spinosa'', the caper bush, also called Flinders rose, is a perennial plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers. The plant is best known for the edible flower buds (capers), used as a seasoning ...

s in a sweet and sour sauce. *

Crocchè Crocchè (from the French ''croquettes'') are a dish of Neapolitan and Sicilian origin, made from mashed potato and egg, which is covered in bread crumbs and fried. Crocchè are typically a Southern Italian street food, ubiquitous at '' frig ...

mashed potato Mashed potato or mashed potatoes (American and Canadian English), colloquially known as mash (British English), is a dish made by mashing boiled or steamed potatoes, usually with added milk, butter, salt and pepper. It is generally served as a ...

and

egg An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

covered in

bread crumbs Bread crumbs or breadcrumbs (regional variants including breading and crispies) consist of crumbled bread of various dryness, sometimes with seasonings added, used for breading or crumbing foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thickeni ...

and fried. *

Farsu magru Farsu magru, also spelled as farsumagru, and also referred to as farsumauru, falsomagro and falsumagru, is a traditional meat roll dish in Sicilian cuisine that dates to the 13th century. Farsu magru is available in many areas of Sicily, but some ...

- beef or veal slices flattened and superimposed to form a large rectangle, with a layer of thin bacon slices on top. For the filling, crushed bread slices, cheese, ham, chopped onions, garlic and fresh herbs are mixed together. * Frittula - pork and/or beef byproducts from butchering, fried in lard and spiced. * Likëngë –

pork sausage A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs may be included as fillers or extenders. W ...

s flavored with

salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

pepper Pepper or peppers may refer to: Food and spice * Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant ** Black pepper * ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae ** Bell pepper ** Chili ...

and seed of

Fennel Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized ...

(farë mbrai), made in Piana degli Albanesi and

Santa Cristina Gela Santa Cristina Gela ( Arberesh: ''Sëndahstina'') is an Arbëreshë village in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily. The village, along with Contessa Entellina and Piana degli Albanesi, is one of three Arberesh settlements in Sicily wher ...

Maccu ''Maccu'', (also known as ''maccu di fave'', and sometimes referred to as macco), is a Sicilian soup and also a foodstuff that is prepared with dried and crushed fava beans (also known as broad beans) and fennel as primary ingredients. Several ...

, a soup with dried fava beans and fennel. *

Muffuletta The muffuletta or muffaletta is both a type of round Sicilian sesame bread and a popular sandwich that originated among Italian immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana, using the same bread. History The muffuletta bread has origins in Sicily. T ...

- a sesame-seed bread, or the layered New Orleans sandwich made with it, stuffed with sausage meats, cheese, olive salad, etc. *

Panelle ''Panelle'' (or ''panelle di ceci'') are Sicilian fritters made from chickpea flour and other ingredients, usually including water, salt, pepper, olive oil, and finely chopped parsley. They are a popular street food in Palermo and are often eat ...

– Sicilian

fritter A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been Batter (cooking), battered or breading, breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-frying, deep-fried. Fritters ar ...

s made from

chickpea flour Gram flour or kadala maavu is a pulse flour made from a variety of ground chickpea called Bengal gram or ''kaala chana''. It is a staple ingredient in the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, including in Indian, Bangladeshi, Burmese, Nepali ...

and other ingredients. They are a popular

street food Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

. *

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- organ meats (lung, spleen) and sausage served on

Vastedda Vastedda is the traditional Sicilian bread used to prepare the Pani câ meusa, a sandwich of veal spleen. It often also includes toppings of caciocavallo and ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goa ...

, a sesame-seed bun * Pasta ncasciata - a baked pasta dish with many varieties but most often including

maccheroni Macaroni (, Italian: maccheroni) is dry pasta shaped like narrow tubes.Oxford DictionaryMacaroni/ref> Made with durum wheat, macaroni is commonly cut in short lengths; curved macaroni may be referred to as elbow macaroni. Some home machines ...

pasta,

ragú Ragú () is an American brand of Italian-style sauces and condiments owned, in North America, by Mizkan, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland, by Symington's, a private-label food manufacturer. The sister product to Ragú, known as Ragulett ...

, eggplant, basil, white wine, breadcrumbs, boiled eggs,

soppressata Soppressata is an Italian dry salami. Although there are many variations, two principal types are made: a cured dry sausage typical of Basilicata, Apulia, and Calabria, and a very different uncured salame, made in Tuscany and Liguria. It ...

or salami,

caciocavallo Caciocavallo is a type of stretched-curd cheese made out of sheep's or cow's milk. It is produced throughout Southern Italy, particularly in the Apennine Mountains and in the Gargano peninsula. Shaped like a teardrop, it is similar in taste to ...

pecorino siciliano Pecorino siciliano DOP ( scn, picurinu sicilianu) is an origin-protected firm sheep milk cheese from the Italian island and region of Sicily. This cheese comes from the classical Greek world: in ancient times it was recognized as one of the best ...

, and sometimes meatballs and/or peas, or other cheeses or besciamella substituted for one of the cheeses. *

Pasta alla Norma Pasta alla Norma (), earlier called ''pasta con le melanzane'' 'pasta with eggplant',Touring Club Italiano, ''Vie d'Italia e del mondo'', 1928?p. 750/ref>Gioacchino Balducci, ''Italia moderna'', 1973, , p. 109 is an Italian dish of pasta and e ...

, pasta with tomatoes, fried eggplant, ricotta and basil. * Pasta ca nunnata - a Palermo pasta dish made with a long pasta, a sauce of gianchetti (the whitebait of Mediterranean sardines and anchovies), olive oil, garlic, parsley, black pepper, and white wine. * Pasta â Paolina - pasta with anchovies, garlic, tomato, cinnamon, cloves, almonds, fresh basil and breadcrumbs. * Pasta con le sarde, pasta with sardines and anchovies. * Pesto alla trapanese – a Sicilian variation of the genoese pesto, typical of the

Province of Trapani Trapani ( it, Provincia di Trapani, scn, Pruvincia di Tràpani; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Trapani'') is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, southern Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilian provinces, it ...

. The dish was introduced in ancient times by Genoese ships, coming from the east and stopping at the port of Trapani, who brought the tradition of ''agliata'', a sort of pesto-sauce based on garlic and walnuts. * Pasta chi Vrocculi Arriminati - a pasta dish from

which generally consists of a long pasta like spaghetti or bucatini, cauliflower, onion, raisins, anchovies, pine nuts, saffron, red chili, and breadcrumbs. *

Scaccia Scaccia (plural: scacce), scacciata or sciachiatta is a stuffed flat bread in Sicilian cuisine. Scaccia is made with a very thin rectangular layer of dough, folded on itself three or four times. It can be stuffed with different ingredients, th ...

/Scacciata -a thin flatbread layered with vegetables, cheese and meats and rolled up. *

Sicilian pizza Sicilian pizza is pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily, Italy. Sicilian pizza is also known as ''sfincione'' (; scn, sfinciuni ) or focaccia with toppings. This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-1 ...

–

pizza Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions ...

prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily. In the

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, the phrase ''Sicilian pizza'' is often synonymous with thick-crust or deep-dish pizza derived from the sicilian ''Sfincione''. * Spaghetti alla carrettiera - A dish of

spaghetti Spaghetti () is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta.spaghetti
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pasta, with olive oil, raw garlic, chili pepper, parsley, and

or breadcrumbs, and commonly tomato. *

Stigghiola The stigghiola (plural: ''stigghiole'' in Italian or ''stigghioli'' in Sicilian, also known as stigghiuola) is a Sicilian food specialty, typical of the streets of the city of Palermo. It consists of guts (usually of lamb, but also of goat or ...

- spiced and grilled intestine, typically from lamb or goat. *

Stuffed eggplant Stuffed eggplants ( tr, patlıcan dolması; ; hy, Լցոնած սմբուկներ; az, badımcan dolması; it, melanzane ripiene; es, berenjenas rellenas) are a dish typical of many countries. Turkey Eggplants are stuffed with meat (l ...

* Orange Salad - Oranges, extra virgin olive oil, salt, spring onions. * Couscous trapanese - typical of the

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...

area, with vegetables, meat, or fish.

Beverages

Amaro Averna Amaro Averna is an Italian liqueur in the Amaro category produced in Caltanissetta, Sicily. It is named after its inventor, Salvatore Averna, who invented the recipe in 1868. This drink is produced on the Island of Sicily and is considered a t ...

, a herb-citrus liqueur. *

Marsala wine Marsala is a fortified wine, dry or sweet, produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. Marsala first received ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata'' (DOC) status in 1969. The European Union grants Protected De ...

Zibibbo Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat (grape and wine), Muscat family of ''Vitis vinifera''. It is considered an "ancient vine", and wine experts believe it is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vines st ...

Sodas

* Sibat Tomarchio * Bibite Polara

Cheeses

Caciocavallo Caciocavallo is a type of stretched-curd cheese made out of sheep's or cow's milk. It is produced throughout Southern Italy, particularly in the Apennine Mountains and in the Gargano peninsula. Shaped like a teardrop, it is similar in taste to ...

and Ragusano cheese, stretched-curd cheeses similar to Mozzarella. *

Canestrato Canestrato is a hard cheese from the Italian regions of Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, and Abruzzo, made from a mixture of sheep milk and goat milk. It is listed on the Ark of Taste. The cheese is typical in Basilicata. It is also a specialty of C ...

, a hard cheese made from a mixture of sheep and goat milks. *

Ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses. Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after the ...

, a fresh cheese made from whey. *

Pecorino Siciliano Pecorino siciliano DOP ( scn, picurinu sicilianu) is an origin-protected firm sheep milk cheese from the Italian island and region of Sicily. This cheese comes from the classical Greek world: in ancient times it was recognized as one of the best ...

- a Sicilian sheep's-milk cheese. File:Caciocavallo.JPG, Straddled forms of

hang to mature File:Ragusano Cheese.jpg, Ragusano cheese File:Stoccafisso alla messinese.jpg, ''Stoccafisso alla messinese''

Desserts and sweets

Cannolo siciliano with chocolate squares

* Biscotti Regina *

Buccellato A Buccellato is a Sicilian circular cake. Buccellato contains figs and nuts.Gillian Riley, ''The Oxford Companion to Italian Food'' (Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford ...

Cassata Cassata or cassata siciliana ( , , ) is a traditional cake from Sicily, Italy. Cassata consists of round sponge cake moistened with fruit juices or liqueur and layered with ricotta cheese and candied fruit, a filling also used with cannoli. Cass ...

Ciarduna Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry. Ciarduna siciliana is a traditional sweet pastry from the province of Agrigento, Sicily (Italy). It consists of an almond cookie shell filled with a ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey chee ...

Cioccolato di Modica The Cioccolato di Modica (Modica Chocolate or "Chocolate of Modica", also known as cioccolata modicana) is an Italian P.G.I. specialty chocolate, typical of the municipality of Modica in Sicily, characterized by an ancient and original recipe usi ...

* Crocetta of Caltanissetta *

Cuccìa Cuccìa is a traditional, primarily Sicilian dish containing boiled wheatberries and sugar, which is eaten on December 13, the feast day of Saint Lucy, the patron saint of Syracuse. The dish is consumed in Sicily and in isolated pockets of Sout ...

Cuccidati Cucciddati, and also known variously as buccellati, Italian fig cookies or Sicilian fig cookies, are fig-stuffed cookies traditionally served at Christmas time. The outer cookie is pastry dough, covered with icing and typically topped with ra ...

Frutta martorana (also ''frutta di Martorana'' or, in Sicilian, ) are traditional marzipan sweets, in the form of fruits and vegetables, from the provinces of Palermo and Messina, Sicily. Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, they are said to have origi ...

* Gelato * Gelo di melone * Giurgiulena *

Granita Granita (; in Italian also granita siciliana ) is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and various flavorings. Originally from Sicily, it is available throughout Italy in varying forms. It is related to sorbet and Italian ice; however, i ...

Ice cream Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as str ...

* 'Mpanatigghi * 'Nzuddi *

Pignolata Pignolata ( Sicilian: ''Pignulata'') is a Sicilian pastry, which originated in Messina and is also common in Calabria. It is a soft pastry, covered in chocolate and lemon-flavoured syrup or icing. This pastry is half covered or iced in one fla ...

* Pignolo (macaroon) * Raffiolini *

Zeppole A zeppola (; plural: zeppole; sometimes called frittelle, and in Sardinia the italianized ''zippole'' or ''zeppole sarde'' from the original Sardinian ) is an Italian pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball of varying size but typically ...

File:Frutta di martorana.jpg,

File:Granita di menta.jpg,

di menta (mint granita) File:Minizeppola.jpg,

File:Crocette di Caltanissetta.jpg, Crocette of

Caltanissetta Caltanissetta (; scn, Nissa or ) is a ''comune'' in the central interior of Sicily, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta. Its inhabitants are called ''Nisseni''. In 2017, the city had a population of 62,797. It is the 14th l ...

to lemon and orange left to right File:Spina santa composizione 04.JPG, Spina santa of Caltanissetta in memory of the Passion of Christ Rollò nisseno 6.JPG, Rollò of Caltanissetta

Fruits and vegetables

Aglio Rosso di Nubia The Aglio Rosso di Nubia (''Nubia Red Garlic''), also known as Aglio di Paceco (''Paceco Garlic'') and Aglio di Trapani (''Trapani Garlic''), is a Sicilian variety of garlic, characterized by the intense purple color of the robes of its bulbils. ...

* Cipolla di Giarratana *

Mazzarrone (grape) Mazzarrone is a Sicilian variety of table grapes, characterized by sweet bulbs of considerable size. It is cultivated in the area between the municipal territories of Mazzarrone, Caltagirone and Licodia Eubea (in the province of Catania) and A ...

Pomodoro di Pachino The Pomodoro di Pachino (; English: Tomato of Pachino) is an IGP/PGI for tomatoes from the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy, which has been granted IGP protection by the EU since 2003.

* Siracusa lemon File:Aglio Rosso di Nubia (Italia - Sicilia).JPG,

File:Cipolla di Giarratana - Giarratana Onion closeup.JPG, Cipolla di Giarratana

Salads

* Caponata – a Sicilian

aubergine Eggplant ( US, Canada), aubergine ( UK, Ireland) or brinjal (Indian subcontinent, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. ''Solanum melongena'' is grown worldwide for its edible fruit. Mo ...

(eggplant) dish consisting of a cooked vegetable

made from chopped fried eggplant and

seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with

s in a sweet and sour sauce. * Sicilian orange salad – (''Insalata di arance'') is a typical salad dish of Sicilian and

Spanish cuisine Spanish cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices from Spain. Olive oil (of which Spain is the world's largest producer) is heavily used in Spanish cuisine. It forms the base of many vegetable sauces (known in Spanish as ''sofri ...

which uses

oranges An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae (see list of plants known as orange); it primarily refers to ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis'', which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related ''Citrus × ...

as its main ingredient. It is usually served at the beginning or at the end of a meal.Edward Behr, James MacGuire: ''The Art of Eating''. University of California Press 2011, , p. 102 () *

Pantelleria salad The Pantesca salad or Pantelleria salad (Italian: ''insalata pantesca'') is a typical dish of the island of Pantelleria. It is prepared with boiled potatoes, tomatoes and red onions, seasoned with pitted olives, Pantelleria capers, oregano and ol ...

- (''Insalata pantesca'') is a salad consisting of tomatoes, boiled potatoes, red onions and

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

(or fresh cheese) and seasoned with olive oil, oregano, salt and

References

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