Palermo - Street Food (Sicily) (Engl) Part 1
Part 2
Sicilian Cuisine (Engl)
Caponata, a tasty salad made with eggplant (aubergines), olives, capers and celery, makes a great appetizer.
Panella is a thin paste made of crushed or powdered ceci (garbanzo) beans and served fried. Maccu is a creamy soup made from the same bean. Crocché (croquet) are fried potato dumplings made with cheese, parsley and eggs. Arancine are fried rice balls stuffed with meat or cheese.
Sicily is renowned for its seafood. Grilled swordfish is popular. Smaller fish, especially snapper, is sometimes prepared in a vinegar and sugar sauce. Seppia (cuttlefish) is served in its own black sauce with pasta. Another Sicilian seafood dish made with pasta is Finocchio con sarde (fennel with sardines).
Meat dishes are always popular. Many are traditionally made with lamb or goat. Best known outsideSicily is Vitello alla marsala (veal marsala), one of many regional meat specialties. Chicken "alla marsala" can be prepared using a similar recipe and method. Milza (veal spleen) sandwiches are a bit "native" for most tastes, and loaded with cholesterol, but delicious anyway.
Sicilian desserts are superlative. Cannoli are tubular crusts with creamy ricotta and sugar filling. If they taste a little different from the ones you've had outside Italy, that's because the ricotta here is made from sheep's milk. Cassata is a rich, sugary cake filled with the same delicious filling. Frutta di Martorana (or pasta reale) are almond marzipan pastries colored and shaped to resemble real fruit. Sicilian gelato (ice cream) is excellent. In fact, it is possible that ice cream was invented in Sicily during Roman times, when a relay of runners would bring snow down from Mount Etna to be flavored and served to wealthy patricians. You'll find flavors ranging from pistachio and hazelnut (nocciola) to jasmine (gelsomino) to mulberry (gelsi) to strawberry (fragala) and rum (zuppa inglese). Granita is sweetened crushed ice made in Summer and flavored with lemons or strawberries.
Hip World: Sicily I (Engl)(Link)
Geraldine reaches the most famous Italian Island, Sicily. Upon her arrival she drives a beautiful Morgan car to a very unusual hotel located in Castel di Tusa. From there she takes a hydrofoil to the Lipari Islands, the so called Italian Hawai where she meets with Massimo, a local guide. Massimo takes Geraldine to Vulcano where she discovers the therapeutic benefits of sulfuric volcanic waters. The second stop is Salina where she visits its pretty museum, its gardens and its vineyards finishing the day drinking Malvasia and tasting local cookies and giant capers.
http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Hip-World-Sicily-I
Hip World: Sicily II
Geraldine drives to Agrigento where she visits the famous temple valley. After a quick stop at the national park Torre Salsa, she is invited to the little village of Siculiana where she witnesses a traditional Sicilian marriage. On her last day in Sicily Geraldine reaches Catania where she gets on a train that passes the volcano Etna. From here she gets a close look at the new craters opened by recent eruptions. She says goodbye to Sicily from the very hip city of Taormina.
http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Hip-World-Sicily-II
Catania's Street Market (Engl) (Link)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2009/may/21/sicily-catania-street-market
Fork in the Road - Sicily (Engl)
Jennifer and Chef Mark speak with Tony May and Gianfranco Sorrentino from GRI, or Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani, about GRI's mission to promote the image of Italian Cuisine in the United States. Each year, they visit a region of Italy to learn about fresh artisanal products. This year, the destination was Sicily, and the Culinary Media Network came along to join in on the fun! From ancient Greek ruins, to sumptuous feasts in rustic farmhouses to Medieval Palazzi and winery tours, we took a big bite out of Sicily!
Sizilianische Spezialitäten (DE)
Sizilien! Eine Welt für sich, vorallem in kulinarischer Hinsicht. Wer sich auf das ungewöhnliche einlässt, für den ist Siziliens Küche pure Lust, man verfällt ihr mit dem ersten Bissen!
(Link)
http://www.podcast.tv/video-episodes/sizilianische-spezialit%C3%A4ten-5002917.html
(Ricotta al Forno ai Pistacchi)
Cannoli Siciliani (IT)
Cannoli With Orange Sauce & Pistacios (Engl)
Part 2
Sicilian Cuisine (Engl)
Caponata, a tasty salad made with eggplant (aubergines), olives, capers and celery, makes a great appetizer.
Panella is a thin paste made of crushed or powdered ceci (garbanzo) beans and served fried. Maccu is a creamy soup made from the same bean. Crocché (croquet) are fried potato dumplings made with cheese, parsley and eggs. Arancine are fried rice balls stuffed with meat or cheese.
Sicily is renowned for its seafood. Grilled swordfish is popular. Smaller fish, especially snapper, is sometimes prepared in a vinegar and sugar sauce. Seppia (cuttlefish) is served in its own black sauce with pasta. Another Sicilian seafood dish made with pasta is Finocchio con sarde (fennel with sardines).
Meat dishes are always popular. Many are traditionally made with lamb or goat. Best known outsideSicily is Vitello alla marsala (veal marsala), one of many regional meat specialties. Chicken "alla marsala" can be prepared using a similar recipe and method. Milza (veal spleen) sandwiches are a bit "native" for most tastes, and loaded with cholesterol, but delicious anyway.
Sicilian desserts are superlative. Cannoli are tubular crusts with creamy ricotta and sugar filling. If they taste a little different from the ones you've had outside Italy, that's because the ricotta here is made from sheep's milk. Cassata is a rich, sugary cake filled with the same delicious filling. Frutta di Martorana (or pasta reale) are almond marzipan pastries colored and shaped to resemble real fruit. Sicilian gelato (ice cream) is excellent. In fact, it is possible that ice cream was invented in Sicily during Roman times, when a relay of runners would bring snow down from Mount Etna to be flavored and served to wealthy patricians. You'll find flavors ranging from pistachio and hazelnut (nocciola) to jasmine (gelsomino) to mulberry (gelsi) to strawberry (fragala) and rum (zuppa inglese). Granita is sweetened crushed ice made in Summer and flavored with lemons or strawberries.
Hip World: Sicily I (Engl)(Link)
Geraldine reaches the most famous Italian Island, Sicily. Upon her arrival she drives a beautiful Morgan car to a very unusual hotel located in Castel di Tusa. From there she takes a hydrofoil to the Lipari Islands, the so called Italian Hawai where she meets with Massimo, a local guide. Massimo takes Geraldine to Vulcano where she discovers the therapeutic benefits of sulfuric volcanic waters. The second stop is Salina where she visits its pretty museum, its gardens and its vineyards finishing the day drinking Malvasia and tasting local cookies and giant capers.
http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Hip-World-Sicily-I
Hip World: Sicily II
Geraldine drives to Agrigento where she visits the famous temple valley. After a quick stop at the national park Torre Salsa, she is invited to the little village of Siculiana where she witnesses a traditional Sicilian marriage. On her last day in Sicily Geraldine reaches Catania where she gets on a train that passes the volcano Etna. From here she gets a close look at the new craters opened by recent eruptions. She says goodbye to Sicily from the very hip city of Taormina.
http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Hip-World-Sicily-II
Catania's Street Market (Engl) (Link)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2009/may/21/sicily-catania-street-market
Fork in the Road - Sicily (Engl)
Jennifer and Chef Mark speak with Tony May and Gianfranco Sorrentino from GRI, or Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani, about GRI's mission to promote the image of Italian Cuisine in the United States. Each year, they visit a region of Italy to learn about fresh artisanal products. This year, the destination was Sicily, and the Culinary Media Network came along to join in on the fun! From ancient Greek ruins, to sumptuous feasts in rustic farmhouses to Medieval Palazzi and winery tours, we took a big bite out of Sicily!
Sizilianische Spezialitäten (DE)
Sizilien! Eine Welt für sich, vorallem in kulinarischer Hinsicht. Wer sich auf das ungewöhnliche einlässt, für den ist Siziliens Küche pure Lust, man verfällt ihr mit dem ersten Bissen!
(Link)
http://www.podcast.tv/video-episodes/sizilianische-spezialit%C3%A4ten-5002917.html
(Ricotta al Forno ai Pistacchi)
Cannoli Siciliani (IT)
Cannoli With Orange Sauce & Pistacios (Engl)
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