Top 10 Local Produce
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1. Cheese
Sicilian cheese comes from cows’ or sheep’s (pecorino ) milk. Look for primo sale , aged pecorino, tuma, caciocavallo and Ragusana .
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2. Ricotta
A cheese by-product used for sweet and savoury dishes. Available fresh, baked, or salted and aged (ricotta salata ).
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3. Capers
From tiny capers to the huge cucunci , the best come from Salina and Pantelleria.
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4. Vegetables
Amazing bounty awaits at marketplaces and restaurants. Don’t miss the long skinny cucuzza (squash) and spicy red garlic.
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5. Citrus Fruits
Excellent lemons (there is a small, sweet variety) and oranges (with numerous blood-red varieties) abound.
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6. Salt
Richly flavoured salt has been harvested from the sea near Trapani since Phoenician times (see Saline, Salt Pans).
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7. Durum Wheat
The secret behind Sicily’s flavourful bread and pasta. The countryside is covered with wheat fields.
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8. Almonds and Pistachios
Eastern Sicily is known for its production of these high-quality and richly flavoured nuts.
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9. Tuna
You’ll find this fish in every form: fresh, preserved in oil, and in a variety of cuts.
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10. Olives and Olive Oil
Millions of olive trees produce excellent quality table olives and thick, green aromatic olive oil.
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