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Granita
Ice / Frozen Dessert
DESCRIPTION
Granita is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and various flavorings. Originally from Sicily, it is available throughout Italy in varying forms. It is related to sorbet and Italian ice; however, throughout Sicily its consistency varies.
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Pasta alla Norma
Pasta
DESCRIPTION
Pasta alla Norma is made of spaghetti or other pasta with tomato sauce, covered with slices of fried eggplant and served with grated ricotta salata cheese and often basil.
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Minnuzze di Sant'Agata
Local Dessert
DESCRIPTION
Also known as "Cassatelle di Sant'Agata", Minnuzze di Sant'Agata is a round-shaped sweets made with sponge cake soaked in rosolio and stuffed with ricotta, chocolate drops, and candied fruit, such as oranges or citrons. The outside is covered in white icing and finished with a candied cherry on top. The ricotta is made strictly from sheep's milk.
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Caponata
Local Dish
DESCRIPTION
Caponata is a Sicilian dish consisting of chopped fried eggplant / aubergine and other vegetables, seasoned with olive oil, tomato sauce, celery, olives, and capers, in an agrodolce sauce. Variants may add carrots, bell peppers, potatoes, pine nuts, and raisins.
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Olivette di Sant'Agata
Local Dessert
DESCRIPTION
Small and delicate, the Olivette di Sant'Agata are sweet almond paste, scented with rum and coloured in green, prepared in Catania between January and February to celebrate the patron saint of the Etnean capital.
According to tradition, the olive shape recalls a miracle that happened during Saint's life. While Agata was walking to the prison, she knelt to fasten a shoe and in the same places where she had touched the floor an olive tree was born, as soon it became large, lush and full of fruit.
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