page_title: List of Sicilian dishes
section_title: Sicilian dishes
hierarchical_section_title: List of Sicilian dishes / Sicilian dishes
caption_attribution_description: Pasta alla Norma
context_page_description: 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. Although its cuisine has a lot in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Spanish, Greek and Arab influences.
context_section_description: Arancini 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 – shortcrust pastry cylinder shell filled with sweet ricotta, mascarpone or chocolate or vanilla cream.
  Caponata- cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce.
  Crocchè- mashed potato and egg, which is covered in bread crumbs and fried.
  Farsu magru- beef or veal slices that are flattened and superimposed to form a large rectangle. On top of this is a layer of thin bacon slices. For the filling, crushed bread slices, cubed cheese and 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 sausages flavored with salt, pepper and seed of Fennel (farë mbrai), made in Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela
  Maccu, a soup with fresh fava beans and fennel bulb.
  Muffuletta- a sesame-seed bread, or the layered New Orleans sandwich made with it, stuffed with sausage meats, cheese, olive salad, etc.
  Panelle – Sicilian fritters made from chickpea flour and other ingredients. They are a popular street food in Palermo.
  Pani ca meusa - organ meats (lung, spleen) and sausage served on Vastedda, a sesame-seed bun
  Pasta alla Norma, pasta with tomatoes, fried eggplant, ricotta and basil.
  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. 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.
  Scaccia/Scacciata -a thin flatbread layered with vegetables, cheese and meats and rolled up.
  Sicilian pizza –  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.
  Stigghiola - spiced and grilled intestine, typically from lamb or goat.
  Stuffed eggplant
  Orange Salad - Oranges, extra virgin olive oil, salt, spring onions, chilly.
caption: The Catanese dish, pasta alla Norma, is among Sicily's most historic and iconic.
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