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Sicily Food Guide

A guide to help you find the best hotels & places in Sicily for Food lovers

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Sicily Food Guide - a tasty journey to Italy

Sicily is the largest Mediterranean island popular for its fertile lands, beautiful beaches and beautiful picturesque landscapes. Oranges, olives, almonds, grapes and seafood are the lands local products, fresh and top quality foods that can be found in any street market of Sicily. Each town has its own cooking styles and customs shaped through the ages.


The island is strongly influenced by African cuisine and thats why many of Sicilian recipes will contain ingredients like pine nuts and raisins combined with traditional Mediterranean tastes. Their specialities revolve around seafood dishes as the sea is everywhere around and provides the finest and freshest delicacies


The must-try dishes are

Arancini - breaded and deep-fried creamy risotto rice. Depending on where you are the shape and stuffing may differ.

Caponata - a delicious dish that changes from household to household. Made usually from aubergines, pine nuts, raisins and plenty of vinegar.

Sarde a beccafico - big, fresh sardines that are stuffed with pine nuts, raisins and breadcrumbs before being baked.

Involtini di pesce spade - slices of swordfish topped with capers, pine nuts, raisins, olives and lemon, before being rolled up into a spiral and secured with a skewer.

Cannoli - deep-fried pastry tubes piped full of creamy ricotta that are sold in bakeries all over Italy.


Delicious authentic flavours garnish every restaurant you visit and every area of this island holds its own unique recipes. If you are a real food enthusiast visiting most of these places will not be a problem. It will be worth it!


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Food Tips

Sicilian cuisine is without exaggeration one of the most delicious cuisines in the world. Seafood consists a major part of the local culinary tradition and, unlike in the northern parts of Sicily, cream and butter are hardly used.

Naturally, the food in Sicily is Mediterranean but Spanish and Arabic influences can be easily noticed in the flavors and aromas of the local dishes.

Tomatoes, olive oil and, rarely, lard are quite common ingredients while the local cuisine is distinguished for its exotic nature making heavy use of many spices. Particularly popular spices include almond, jasmine, rosemary, mint and basil.

Must-Try Recipes in Sicily include Pane con la milzaSfincionePasta alla NormaPasta con le sardeCaponata and Busiate alla Siciliana.

Sicilians are exquisite dessert makers. You should try ‘cannoli’, ‘granita’, and their widely popular ‘cassata’, an Arabic-influenced cake. The pine-nut and almond biscuits are worthy of trying as well!

Sicily is the home of the most vineyards in Italy, and the three main wine-producing districts are Trapani Province, Etna, Noto and Ragusa. Nero d’Avola, Bianco d’Alcamo, Malvasia, Passito di Pantelleria and Etna Bianco are only a few of the most popular Sicilian wines.

Travel Info

How to get there

  • By ferry
  • By air
  • By boat

Move around

  • Metro
  • Tram
  • Buses
  • Railway
  • Electric trolley-buses
  • Taxi
  • Uber

Ideal for

  • Beach holidays
  • Honeymoon & wedding
  • Sightseeing
  • Relaxation in nature
  • Lgbt holidays
  • Local gastronomy
  • Wine tasting
  • Art & culture
  • Thermal spa
  • Wellness & spa
  • Weekends
  • Performances & theaters

Destination Type

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