Sunday, February 18, 2018

Vastedda Pane Milza Palermo

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ANTICA FOCACCERIA San FRANCESCO

PALERMO

The MECCA of PANE e MILZA

aka

VASTEDDA

ANTICA FOCCACERIA S. FRANCESCO

PALERMO

Pane Meusa

FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

PALERMO

Vastedda is the traditional Sicilian bread used to prepare the Pani ca meusa, a sandwich of veal spleen. It often also includes toppings of Caciocavallo and ricotta cheese. It is most common in the city of Palermo.

In Gratteri, near Palermo, a fried version called Vastedda fritta is also made. The vastedda fritta is recognized by Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry as a traditional product and is listed into the official list of traditional Italian agricultural and food product.

The term Vastedda or Vastella in Sicilian indicates also different traditional kinds of cheese like Vastedda della Valle del Belice and Vastedda palermitana both recognized by Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry as a traditional product and listed into the official list of traditional Italian agricultural and food product.

My ARANCINI (Rice Ball) and PANE MEUSA

at FOCACCERIA San FRNCESCO

PALERMO , SICILY

Summer 2017

Foccaceria Ferdinando

Carroll Gardens Brooklyn

New York

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FERDINANDA'S

The ONLY PLACE to Get a Great VASTEDDA in The Whole of NEW YORK

VASTEDDA

FOCACCERIA FERDINANDO

Union Avenue

BROOKLYN , NEW YORK

with Author Daniel Bellino "Z"

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My Old Pal VINNY (R)

At the old La FOCACCERIA

On 1st AVENUE

The EAST VILLAGE NEW YORK

Vinny used to make the BEST VASTEDDI in TOWN and was the only one to make this great SICILIAN Treat from PALERMO in Manhattan. There were a few guys making them in BROOKLYN , but Vinny made the only VASTEDDA in Manhattan, along with the Best SFINGIONE in town (true SICILIAN PIZZA) , and ARANCINI (Sicilian Rice Balls), Lasagna Cacatti (Sicilian Lasagna, and tasty LENTIL & ESCAROLE SOUP. "Dam I miss Him (Vinny) and his VASTEDDI."

Now the only good VASTEDDA in the CIty of New York is at FERDINANDA'S FOCACCERIA in Carroll Gardens Brookly. They make them at JOE'S of AVENUE U, but they're not that good over there, so apart from heading almost 4, 00 miles to PALERMO to get one, your only choice is Ferdinanda's, and trust me, "they're just as good as in Palermo."