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Sicily Food: Sicilian speciality recipes

   Agghiotta di pesce spada - Swordfish cooked with tomato, pine nuts, raisins, olives and herbs.
   Arancini di riso - Fried rice balls with a core of cheese, peas, chopped meats and tomatoes
   Bottarga - Tuna roe
   Braccioli di pesce spada - Grilled swordfish fillets wrapped around a cheese-vegetable filling.
   Bruschetta ai Capperi di Pantelleria - Pantelleria Capers Bruschetta
   Cannoli con ricotta - Ricotta-stuffed Rolls
   Caponata siciliana - Eggplant and Tomato Stew
   Carciofi ripieni - Artichokes stuffed with sausage, sardines and cheese and baked.
   Cassata alla siciliana - Sicilian Cassata
   Cotognata - Quince Preserve
   Couscous con pesce - Fish Stew Couscous
   Crispeddi - Anchovy and Dill Fritters
   Fravioli di Carnevale - Fried sweet ravioli filled with ricotta and cinnamon.
   Falsomagro - Stuffed Beef Roll
   Gnocculli - semolino gnocchi with ricotta and meat sauce.
   Gnocculli di San Giuseppe - semolino gnocchi with eggs, cinnamon and sugar.
   Involtini di pesce spada - Swordfish Rolls
   Melanzane alla siciliana - Eggplant fried and then baked with mozzarella and tomato sauce.
   Panizza - Chickpea Polenta
   Pasta alla Norma - spaghetti with a sauce of eggplant and tomato
   Pasta con le sarde - Bucatini with Sardines
   Peperonata: bell peppers stewed with onion, tomato and olives, often served cold.
   Pesce spada a'sammorigghu - Grilled Swordfish
   Pesto ericino - Pesto from Erice
   Pignolata or pignulata - Confection of sweet fried dumplings (sometimes chocolate coated).
   Polpettone siciliano - meatball of ground beef, breadcrumbs, grated cheese and eggs, fried in olive oil and served with tomato sauce.
   Salmoriglio - Olive Oil, Lemon and Garlic Sauce
   Sarde a beccafico - Stuffed Sardines
   Scorzette di arance candite - Candied orange peels.
   Sfincioni or sfinciuni - Thick focacce with tomato and cheese, specialty of Palermo
   Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
   Testina di capretto al forno - Baked Spring Kid's Head
   Zite al pomodoro e tonno - Short pasta tubes with tomato and tuna sauce.