Once upon a time… ‘u pani i casa’ (‘Home-made bread’)
It peculiarity is that it is made from durum wheat semolina.
The type of leavening is natural with the so-called ‘criscenti’, prepared the day before.
The dough was made in
Pasta with telline clams
During hot summer days, it is typical to collect telline clams along the shore, just for fun, and then taste them with spaghetti later in the evening.
Ingredients
Spaghetti
Telline
Tuna with onion and vinegar
It has its roots in the seventh century BC, when Greek colonists from Rhodes and Crete settled in southern Sicily.
It is a recipe that requires a ‘watering-down’ operation (‘stimpirata’
Octopus in a terracotta container
An ancient method of cooking octopus makes use of ‘bummulu’, a terracotta container used to prevent heat loss.
Ingredients:
octopuses
peeled tomatoes
white wine
salt
olive oil
chili pepper
Preparation:
Sun-dried Tomatoes
An ancient summer tradition was to preserve tomato by making it dry in the sun.
In the alleys of Gela the women used to lay down long wooden planks in
Mostaccioli
They are typical sweets of the past, introduced by the Arabs, which were prepared as part of wedding celebrations and donated to guests who were about to leave.
Ingredients
500gr
Puppet with egg
It is a biscuit of ancient peasant origin, traditionally served at Easter.
The peculiarity of this sweet is the presence of a hard-boiled egg, as a symbol of life and