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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 .

  • 2. Ricotta

    A cheese by-product used for sweet and savoury dishes. Available fresh, baked, or salted and aged (ricotta salata ).

  • 3. Capers

    From tiny capers to the huge cucunci , the best come from Salina and Pantelleria.

  • 4. Vegetables

    Amazing bounty awaits at marketplaces and restaurants. Don’t miss the long skinny cucuzza (squash) and spicy red garlic.

  • 5. Citrus Fruits

    Excellent lemons (there is a small, sweet variety) and oranges (with numerous blood-red varieties) abound.

  • 6. Salt

    Richly flavoured salt has been harvested from the sea near Trapani since Phoenician times (see Saline, Salt Pans).

  • 7. Durum Wheat

    The secret behind Sicily’s flavourful bread and pasta. The countryside is covered with wheat fields.

  • 8. Almonds and Pistachios

    Eastern Sicily is known for its production of these high-quality and richly flavoured nuts.

  • 9. Tuna

    You’ll find this fish in every form: fresh, preserved in oil, and in a variety of cuts.

  • 10. Olives and Olive Oil

    Millions of olive trees produce excellent quality table olives and thick, green aromatic olive oil.

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