Live from Italy! Southern Secrets, Day 4: O, bella Napoli! She is truly fabulous and will amaze you with her endless energy and romantic beauty. Co-hosted by Danielle Oteri of Feast on History and Allison Scola of Experience Sicily
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Perfect Pasta By Giuseppe in Sicily
Last night we had dinner in the hills of Termini Imerese with Chef Giuseppe Sciurca who made this remarkable plate of pasta. Remarkable because it was delicious and the result of an elegant recipe: perfectly al dente spaghetti with a pesto of garlic, mint, zucchini (cucuzza), red pepper flakes, olive oil, salt and pepper. I…
Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: Day 5
Live from Sicily! Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below | Day 5. Moving across the island, we enjoyed lunch in a family-run tratorria, were amazed by the mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale, and ended the day with music and dancing with the waves of the Mediterranean roaring in the distance.
Bring Your Appetite To Sicily
When you go to Sicily, go hungry! The food, like this busiate pasta with tomato and eggplant, is outstanding. One of my objectives is that you’ll eat really well on all of our Experience Sicily tours. All of them. Check our our 2019 tours at https://experiencesicily.com/tours-of-sicily/2019-tours-of-sicily/
Busiate: Sicily’s Curly Pasta
Busiate pasta is particular to western Sicily, specifically Trapani province. It’s special because it’s made to look like ringlets, and when it is made by hand, it is created by wrapping the dough around thin, long reeds and rolling and pulling your hand in a particular way, creating the curls. From personal experience, I can…
Ricotta is Right
This beautiful plate of “pasta alla Norma” was my dinner back at the beginning of June in Bagheria, Sicily my grandmother’s hometown. It is the classic Sicilian pasta dish, made with maccheroni (in this case rigatoni) with a light tomato sauce, sautéed (or fried) eggplant, grated salted ricotta, and if available, fresh basil. Please take…
Spaghetti with Colatura di Cetara in Napoli
As our adventure in Napoli comes to an end, I was thrilled to see spaghetti with colatura di Cetara on the menu at the trattoria we ate at last night. Back in 2013, I wrote this article for the Inquisitive Eater about exactly this! Although I’ve made this dish at home, it was magnificent to…
Memorable Maccheroni
Yes, of course the mosaics at the Roman Villa del Casale are always amazing to see, but I equally look forward to the maccheroni alla Norma at Trattoria La Ruota down the street!
Pesto Control
Local trattorias, like one of my all-time favorites, Don Ciccio in Bagheria, usually offer seasonal specials that we covet because they only appear on menus annually, when the produce is fresh from the garden. For example, this bucatini pasta appears to be dressed with a familiar basil pesto; however, basil is not the base here,…
Stirring Your Soul
I’ve taken many cooking classes in Sicily throughout my travels, and I always learn something new. But what I take home with me goes beyond the recipes that we have learned in our hands-on lessons and market tours–what I have absorbed is the sensibility of how a Sicilian cooks. First thought: What is in season?…