Cuisine of Sicily

Nougat refers to a variety of similar confections made from a sweet paste whipped to a chewy or crunchy consistency.

thumb|Cannoli with chopped pistachios and candied cherries Cannoli are Sicilian pastries consisting of a tube-shaped shell of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet and creamy filling containing ricotta cheese. Their size ranges from . In mainland Italy, the food is commonly known as ().

Gelato (; ) refers to a specific type of ice cream of Italian origin. In Italian, is the common word for all types of ice cream. Artisanal gelato in Italy generally contains 6–9% butterfat, which is lower than other styles of frozen dessert. Gelato typically contains 35% air (substantially less than American-style ice cream) and more flavoring than other types of frozen desserts, giving it an intense flavor with creamy, smooth texture, density and richness that distinguishes it from other ice creams.

Granita () or '''''' () is a semi-frozen dessert made with sugar, water, and various flavorings. Originally from Sicily, it is available throughout Italy in varying forms. Food writer Jeffrey Steingarten says that "the desired texture seems to vary from city to city" on the island; on the west coast and in Palermo, it is at its chunkiest, and in the east, it is nearly as smooth as sorbet.

alcoholic beverage

Caponata (Sicilian: capunata) is a Sicilian dish consisting of chopped, fried eggplant and other vegetables, seasoned with olive oil, tomato sauce, celery, olives, and capers, in an agrodolce (sweet and sour) sauce.

'''''' () 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 the aged southern Italian provolone cheese, with a hard edible rind.

Cassata ( ) or '''''' (; ) is an Italian cake originating in the Sicily region. It is typically composed of a round sponge cake moistened with fruit juices or liqueur and layered with ricotta cheese and candied fruit (a filling also used with cannoli). It has a shell of marzipan, pink and green colored icing, and decorative designs. Cassata may also refer to a Neapolitan ice cream containing candied or dried fruit and nuts.

style of cooking on the island of Sicily

Parmigiana (, ) is an Italian dish made with fried, sliced eggplant layered with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. The origin of the dish is claimed by the regions of Sicily, Campania, and Emilia-Romagna.

style of pizza originating from Sicily, Italy

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pasta dish

A buccellato () is a Sicilian circular cake made from pastry dough filled with figs and nuts. In Sicily, it is traditionally associated with Christmas.

Zeppole (; : zeppola) are Italian pastries consisting of a deep-fried dough ball of varying sizes, but typically about in diameter. These fritters are usually topped with powdered sugar, and may be filled with custard, jelly, cannoli-style pastry cream or a butter-and-honey mixture. The consistency ranges from light and puffy, to bread- or pasta-like. They are traditionally eaten to celebrate Saint Joseph's Day, which is a Catholic feast day.

thumb|Scaccia with tomato and scaccia with ricotta cheese and onion thumb|Scacciata Scaccia (: scacce), scacciata or schiacciata is a Sicilian stuffed flatbread. 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, the more common variations are ricotta cheese and onion, cheese and tomato, tomato and onion, or tomato and eggplant, depending on location, taste, or season. It is baked and can be eaten hot or cold. Scacciata derives from the Sicilian word meaning to drive away, equivalent to the Italian wo

Local dish of Sicilian cuisine

type of Sicilian street food

Italian digestif

Pignolata (Sicilian: pignulata) is a Sicilian pastry originating in the city of Messina. It is a soft pastry, covered in chocolate and lemon-flavoured syrup or icing. This pastry is half covered or iced in one flavouring and the other half in the other flavour, which hardens when the pignolata is ready to be served. Each pastry serves several people, and is meant to be cut into small pieces when served. In Sicily, this dessert was made for Carnival, the last celebration before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.

Italian marzipan sweet

Panella (: panelle) is a Sicilian fritter made with chickpea flour and other ingredients, usually including water, salt, pepper, olive oil, and finely chopped parsley. They are a popular street food in the city of Palermo and are often eaten between slices of bread or on a sesame roll, like a sandwich. Called pane e panelle, these sandwiches are usually served with a slice of lemon to be squeezed over panelle.

eggplant dish

thumb|Raw stigghiole thumb|Stigghiola being cooked The stigghiola (: stigghiole in Italian or stigghioli in Sicilian), also known as stigghiuola, is a Sicilian food typical of the streets of the city of Palermo. It consists of guts (usually of lamb, but also of goat or chicken) which are washed in water and salt, seasoned with parsley and often with onion and other pot herbs, then stuck on a skewer or rolled around a leek, and finally cooked directly on the grill. The dish is generally prepared and sold as a street food. In Ragusa, the dish is baked in a casserole and is known as turciniuna.

Italian baked pasta dish

thumb|Anelli, 1–1.5 cm in diameter Anelli (also known as or ) are small, thin rings of pasta. They are generally used for soups and pasta salads.

Italian specialty chocolate

Italian cheese

traditional pastry from Catania, Italy

Sicilian variation of the genovese pesto

salad dish of orange slices with olive oil, salt and black pepper

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baked pasta

Peperoncino (; : peperoncini) is the generic Italian name for a hot chili pepper, specifically some regional cultivars of the species Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens (chili pepper and Tabasco pepper, respectively). (The suffix "ino" means smaller; the larger sweet bell pepper is called peperone (: peperoni) in Italian.) Like most chili peppers, the fruit is green or yellowish-green when young, and ripens to a red colour.

Busiate or busiati are a type of long macaroni, originating in the province of Trapani and typical of the Calabria and Sicily regions of Italy. They take their name from , the Sicilian word for the stem of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus, a local grass, which is used in preparing them and giving them their helical shape. Busiate was officially included in the 2026 edition of the Italian dictionary Zingarelli.

thumb|Vicia faba|Fava beans (here fresh and in the pod, rather than dried) are a primary ingredient of maccu. thumb|right|Fresh fava beans, shelled and steamed Maccu (also known as maccu di fave and sometimes referred to as macco) is a Sicilian soup with a dense texture and also a foodstuff that is prepared with dried and crushed fava beans (broad beans) and wild fennel as primary ingredients. Several dishes exist using maccu as an ingredient, such as bruschetta al maccù and maccu di San Giuseppe, the latter of which may be served on Saint Joseph's Day in Sicily.

Cuccìa () is a 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 southern Italy, as well as their communities abroad. It commemorates the relief from a food shortage in Sicily and the unexpected arrival of a cargo of wheat, which tradition says arrived in the port of Palermo on Saint Lucy's Feast in 1646. According to custom, bread should not be eaten on December 13; cuccìa should be the only source of wheat, and the primary source

type of cooking pan, and the foods cooked with it

seven-veil cake

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Casarecce (from Italian , 'homemade') are short twists of pasta originating in the Sicily region of Italy which appear rolled up on themselves like a scroll.

thumb|Giurgiulena The giurgiulena, also known as giuggiulena, cubaita or cumpittu, is a traditional Christmas nougat-like candy, typical of the Sicilian cuisine and in use in a large part of Calabria.

classic Italian cookie covered in pine nuts

Cuccidati (also known variously as buccellati, Italian fig cookies or Sicilian fig cookies) are fig-stuffed cookies originating in the Sicily region of Italy, traditionally served at Christmas time.

sicilian street food

Vastedda () is the traditional Sicilian bread used to prepare the pani câ meusa, a sandwich of veal spleen. It often also includes caciocavallo and ricotta toppings. Vastedda is most common in the city of Palermo.

typical dish of the island of Pantelleria

Italian sweet pastry

Capuliato, or capuliatu in the Sicilian language, is a traditional condiment of Sicilian cuisine based on dried tomatoes, linked, in particular to the territory of the Vittoria Plain, in the free municipal consortium of Ragusa. The original name is capuliato, meaning 'minced'.

Italian variety of garlic

Caldume (Italian) or quarumi (Sicilian) is a Sicilian dish of veal tripe stewed with vegetables, served as a street food in Palermo and Catania.

Sicilian doughnut

Sicilian meat dish

variety of onion cultivated in Sicily, Italy

thumb|'''Nzuddi ''''Nzuddi''''' are traditional cookies typical of the Italian provinces of Messina and Catania. They are spherical, slightly flattened, golden-colored cookies, made of flour, sugar, almonds, cinnamon, egg whites, and ammonia.

Calamarata is a type of thick ring pasta, often dyed with black squid ink to resemble sliced calamari.

Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.

Sicilian food