This is a list of Sicilian dishes and foods. Sicilian cuisine shows traces of all the cultures which established themselves on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia.[1] Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Spanish, Greek and Arab influences.
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.
A baked pasta dish with many varieties, but most often including macaroni, ragù, eggplant, basil, white wine, breadcrumbs, boiled eggs, soppressata or salami, caciocavallo, pecorino siciliano, and sometimes meatballs, peas, other cheeses or béchamel substituted for one of the cheeses
A Palermo pasta dish made with long pasta, a sauce of gianchetti (the whitebait of Mediterranean sardines and anchovies), olive oil, garlic, parsley, black pepper, and white wine
a Sicilian variation of the Genoese pesto, typical of the province of Trapani.[2] 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.
a pasta dish from Palermo which generally consists of a long pasta like spaghetti or bucatini, cauliflower, onion, raisins, anchovies, pine nuts, saffron, red chili, and breadcrumbs
pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily. In the United States, the phrase "Sicilian pizza" is often synonymous with thick-crust or deep-dish pizza derived from the Sicilian sfincione.[3]
Caponata – a Sicilian aubergine (eggplant) dish consisting of a cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce[7]
Sicilian orange salad (insalata di arance) – a typical salad dish of Sicilian and Spanish cuisine which uses oranges as its main ingredient. It is usually served at the beginning or at the end of a meal.[8]
Pantelleria salad (insalata pantesca) – a salad consisting of tomatoes, boiled potatoes, red onions and mackerel (or fresh cheese) and seasoned with olive oil, oregano, salt and capers
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