Berlitz Pocket Guide Sicily by Berlitz Publishing

Author:Berlitz Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Italy
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2018-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

At Alle Terrazze in Mondello

Neil Buchan-Grant/Apa Publications

Il Secondo is the main dish, which in Sicily is often fish, though chicken, veal, lamb and pork also appear on menus. Pesce spada (swordfish), caught in Sicilian waters, makes an appearance on menus all over the island, and is often grilled. Tonno (tuna) is also common, and is caught off the island as well. In the west, il cuscusu is a variation of Arab couscous, steamed in a fish broth.

Typical Sicilian secondi are calamari ripieni alla griglia, grilled squid filled with a stuffing of raisins, capers, garlic, pine nuts and anchovies; cuscus, a North African import common in western Sicily, served with a vegetable sauce; cuscus con pesce, the same dish topped with fish; fritto misto, a platter of fried clams, squid, cuttlefish, sardines and other seafood, depending (in a good restaurant) on what’s fresh; and involtini di pesce spada, rolled swordfish cooked in breadcrumbs and oil. Zuppa di pesce is usually made with clams, mussels, squid and sometimes chunks of tuna or swordfish in a thick sauce of tomatoes, wine and olive oil.

The mountain pastures of the Madonie and Nebrodi produce exceptional lamb and pork. Beef is best stuffed and braised in tomato sauce or skewered and grilled (involtini alla siciliana). Scaloppine di vitello al Marsala are veal escalopes cooked in Marsala wine (chicken and pork are also often prepared this way).

Contorni are vegetables, almost always ordered separately. While vegetables in antipasti are nearly always delicious, cooked vegetables and mixed salad are often a disappointment, the more so when you see the wonderful locally-grown produce in markets. Some common vegetables include carciofi, artichokes, ceci, chickpeas, fagioli, beans, usually white beans, finocchio, fennel, melanzane, eggplant (aubergines), peperoni, peppers, and zucchini (courgettes). Salads come in two basic varieties: insalata verde, a simple green salad, or insalata mista, mixed salad. You may also come across arance e finocchio, oranges and fennel salad – a legacy of the Arabs.

Frutti alla Martorana

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