28 siciliana Recipes

ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla, maraschino cherries or 1 oz your favorite flavor liqueur, shredded sweet chocolate or 2 tbsp miniature chocolate chips, chopped candied fruit, sponge cake , cut into 1 inch slices, sugar (for sifting over unmolded cake)

extra virgin olive oil, chopped onion, lightly toasted bread crumbs, grated pecorino romano, raisins , soaked in warm water until plump, lightly toasted pine nuts, chopped parsley leaves, lemon , zest finely grated, salt and freshly ground black pepper, bamboo skewers , soaked in warm water for at least 30 minutes, fresh bay leaves, pearl or other small boiling onions, blanched and peeled, special ingredients : meat mallet

veal, top round, about 4 oz each, grated pecorino, bread crumbs, flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped , to yield 1/2 cup, pine nuts, currants , soaked 1 hour in warm water and drained, rosemary sprigs, soaked in water 1 hour, salt and freshly ground black pepper, plus crushed black pepper for garnish, olive oil, lemon wedges, herb salad , recipe follows

extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for garnish, whole gaeta olives, salt-packed capers, rinsed and drained, hot red pepper flakes, pine nuts, currants, basic tomato sauce , recipe follows, dry white wine, fresh bread crumbs, oranges , zested, fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, plus extra for garnish, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, swordfish , cut into 4 (1/3-inch-thick) slices by your fishmonger, string or toothpicks, fresh oregano leaves , torn, fennel fronds, for garnish, extra-virgin olive oil, spanish onion, 1/4-inch dice, garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced, chopped fresh thyme leaves, or 1 tbsp dried, carrot, finely grated, peeled whole tomatoes , crushed by hand and juices reserved, salt

purchased lb cake (about 9 x 3-inch ), ricotta cheese, heavy cream, sugar, strega , an orange flavored liqueur, coarsely chopped mixed candied fruit, semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped, semisweet chocolate, cut in small pieces, strong black coffee, unsalted butter , cut into 1/2 inch pieces and thoroughly chilled

extra-virgin olive oil, red onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice, rib celery with leaves , cut into 1/2-inch pieces, tomatoes, roughly chopped, pine nuts, currants, capers, rinsed and drained, dry marsala, fennel seeds, hot red pepper flakes, bay leaf, preferably fresh, jumbo (u -12) shrimp, pealed and de veined, salt and freshly ground black pepper