# The tastiest traditional Sicilian dishes

Sicilian cooking, between Arab, Norman and Spanish influences: the most famous dishes according to idealista, Cookist and guides to Sicilian food.

- 11 votes · 19 items
- Sep 29, 2025 · Michele De Santis
- https://even.best/en/l/412/the-tastiest-traditional-sicilian-dishes

## Top 12

1. **Swordfish alla ghiotta** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Swordfish in tomato with olives and capers, from Messina.
2. **Granita with brioche** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Almond or coffee granita with the brioche col tuppo, the summer breakfast.
3. **Pasta con le sarde** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sardines, wild fennel, pine nuts, raisins and saffron with toasted breadcrumbs.
4. **Sicilian cassata** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sponge, ricotta, marzipan and candied fruit.
5. **Sfincione** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thick Palermo focaccia with tomato, onion, anchovies and caciocavallo.
6. **Busiate with Trapani pesto** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Twisted pasta from Trapani with tomato pesto, almonds, garlic and basil.
7. **Arancine / arancini** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried rice balls with ragù or butter: 'arancina' in Palermo, 'arancino' in Catania.
8. **Caponata** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried aubergine in sweet-and-sour with celery, capers, olives and tomato.
9. **Pane e panelle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chickpea fritters in bread, Palermo street food.
10. **Falsomagro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meat roll stuffed with eggs, cured meats and cheese.
11. **Scacce ragusane** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Folded flatbreads filled with tomato and cheese, from Ragusa.
12. **Martorana fruit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fruit-shaped almond paste sweets, typical of the feast of the dead in Palermo.
13. **Pasta with sea urchins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spaghetti with the raw pulp of sea urchins, a summer dish from the Sicilian coasts.
14. **Beccafico sardines** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sardines stuffed with breadcrumbs, raisins and pine nuts, baked with bay leaves.
15. **Swordfish rolls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Slices of swordfish rolled with breadcrumbs, capers and pine nuts, typical of Messina.
16. **Catanese onion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Catania rotisserie: puff pastry filled with onion, tomato, mozzarella and ham.
17. **Pasta alla Norma** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Tomato, fried aubergine and ricotta salata, Catania's homage to Bellini.
18. **Sicilian cannolo** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Fried shell filled with sweetened sheep's ricotta.
19. **Couscous alla trapanese** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Steamed fish couscous, an Arab legacy in Trapani.

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