Our favourite FOOD

If you have plans to go on a diet, come to Sicily, THEN begin one & you'll have impressive results.

The food here is all good – buonissima, we naturally are into it all. Here are some of the Nordstrom families top picks.

Arancini - this is the meat pie of Sicily, it's a bite of rice heaven. An Arancini is beef ragu (bolognaise with peas) & gooey cheese wrapped in rice, breadcrumbed then deep fried. They are so good especially hot, the best part is they are all over Sicily shaped like a cone/ball. Whatever it is they taste great.

Arancini - like us the kids are total fans

We actually like to get them to go 'portavia' like a lot of our food, because they wrap them so amazingly, ribbon and all. Outside they've never lasted more than a few minutes though.

A moment on the lips ..a lifetime on the hips
ohh so worth it though 

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Dolce torta - I was spoilt around birthday time and received 3 cakes, yeeow !! one of which was ….  La Torta Settevelli!!!  or the seven veils cake. She's seven layers of different cakes, it takes its name after the dance of Salome to make Herod confused with want & lust. This cake definitely elicits want and lust.......for lots more of it.

The layers are Chocolate Glasse, Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate disk, Hazelnut bavarian cream, Chocolate disk, Hazelnut bavarian cream, Cereal praline, Chocolate sponge cake. Naturally I remain a great customer more than a creator, no way would I try this. Imagine the shopping list & the stress it would cause.

Frutta del mare & Pesche – we live Acitrezza the fishing village and a town with a major fish market, I got up one morning at 5am to barter for an exquisite red snapper, but that was the first & last. I was the first female some fishermen may have seen in months .. it was'nt worth the one euro savings.

Acitrezza fish market at 6am - just leaving never to return ; )

 We now do the traditional central market, where there's a fixed price & it's still reasonable and fresh.

The Seafood 'frutta del mare' is a hit with Carlos.

In a meal the boys could have 5-10 small octopus each

We had a great fish Banquet at a friends birthday that included the famous spada or swordfish. I chose not to get the camera out though, to avoid the 'we hardly do this' novice look. Wish I did though, as fish is what they are famous for, and is prepared with great care & creativity. 

Cavallo - Horse, I know horse.., this meat is also a speciality in Catania and it actually tastes good, sweeter and  more tender than beef. The kids both love horses and their experiences with them. We didn't expect them to try it after we were honest and told them what was on the menu but they were up for the experience. 

Pranzo -lunch from a Trattoria, beef & horse burgers. When in Rome. . . or Catania 

This is our central market, love the colour of our Cauliflower, often this will get served with balsamic flash and an array of cheese's.

The rich flavours & colours found at the market - cool purple Cauliflower

Who knows if it's the super fertile volcanic soils here or the century old pearls that are passed down through the casalinge (housewife's). They do their food very well, and the proof is in the puku.