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The food of Palermo

5 dishes tied to Palermo, Italy: born there, or made its own.

MarzipanVegetarian 🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreSweet almond paste shaped or used in cakes, especially at Christmas and weddings Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time

CannoliVegetarianCannolo 🇮🇹 ItalySicilian fried pastry tubes filled with sweet ricotta cream Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time

Aranciniarancino 🇮🇹 ItalyStuffed and deep-fried rice balls from Sicily Street food, Snacks

Pasta con le sardeFish or seafood 🇮🇹 ItalySicilian pasta with sardines, anchovies, wild fennel and breadcrumbs Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

CuccìaVegetarian 🇮🇹 ItalyBoiled wheatberries sweetened and eaten for Saint Lucy’s Day in Sicily Sweet or dessert

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Arancini: No machine-readable author provided. Gmelfi assumed (based on copyrigh, Public domain, source
Marzipan: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Cannoli: Paolo Piscolla, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Pasta con le sarde: Adriao, CC BY 3.0, source
Cuccìa: Elitre, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly plate

Every Monday: seven dishes you may not know, what the world is cooking this week, and one way of eating.