COOKING SICILIAN: 2024

Thursday, March 28, 2024

How Make Sicilian Arancini RiceBalls Recipe

ARANCINI SICILIANA

NINNI Makes ARANCINI

SICILIAN RICE BALLS

PASQUALE Makes ARANCINI

ARANCINI - RICE BALLS by PASQUALE

ARACINI alla VINCENZO

SICILIAN RICE BALLS

by VINCENZO & "VINCENZO'S PLATE"

ARANCINI SICILIANA

Original Recipe

RECIPE :

1 kg Carnaroli or Arborio rice 2 sachets of saffron 2,200 g water salt extra virgin olive oil 800 g tomato celery, carrot, onion black pepper 120 g parmesan 80g butter 150 g provolone 2 pounds ground Beef, or half pork and half beef rosemary 500g pe breadcrumbs as needed 2 eggs 2 glasses of water 2 glasses of flour

Use Carnaroli Rice

Let the rice cool completely before forming the Arancini

Taste the rice well so it will be more delicious even where there is no filling

Use a Caciocavallo or Provola Cheese

Fry with Canola or Corn Oil

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ARANCINI NPALERMITANO

HOW to MAKE Authentic SICILIAN RICE BALLS

"ARANCINI"

Video Recipe

MARIO MAKES ARANCINI

Monday, March 25, 2024

Author Daniel Bellino Grandparents Lecara Friddi SICILY

SINATRA - BELLINO - LUCIANO

FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA

Fillipo Bellino

Born Lercara Friddi, Sicily

Immigrated to New York, USA 1906

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

Grandson of Josephina & Fillipo Bellino

Of Lercara Friddi, Sicily

Daniel Lives & Writes in New York City NY NY

"Look" !!! "I'm right Up there, just after Frank Sinatra's Father

Anthony Martino Sinatra and Daniel Bellino "Z" - Notable People

Lercara Friddi, Sicily - Lercara Friddi Wikipedia Page

FRANK SINATRA

HOBOKEN, LOS ANGELES, PALM SPRINGS CA

The BELLINO FAMILY

LODI, NJ

Fillipo Bellino & Giuseppina Salamei Bellino of LERCARA FRIDDI

LUCIA BELLINO (Middle) and ANTONINO BELLINO

Missing from this FAMILY Picture are Sister Lilly, and Brothers James & Frank

DANIEL BELLINO Z

At The TEATRO GRECO

SIRACUSA, SICILY

2017

ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR

DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

BARI, ITALY

Among ROMAN RUINS

2022

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Sfuogghiu Suasage Ricotta Tart Sicily Ragusa

Sfuogghiu Ragusana

SFUOGGHIU

SICILIAN SAUSAGE & RICOTTO TART

alla RAGUSANA

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Pasta Googootz Cucuzza Recipe Sicilian Sicily

Growing Cucuzza in your backyard ..

An Italian-American time-honored Tradition ..

PASTA con CUCUZZA

Pasta & Gagootz !!! Pasta & Gagootz is a long time favorite with the Bellino Family. Cucuzza, a.k.a. Gagootz is oh so Sicilian, and third only to Eggplant (Melanzane) and Artichokes, as the most popular and loved vegetable of all. Well yes there’s tomatoes and we love cauliflower quite a bit too, but Gagootz? Yes Cucuzza is the big Italian Squash eaten mainly by Italian-Americans, and mostly those of Sicilian and Neapolitan origins. Even in the Italian-American community, still not many know of this amazing Baseball Bat sized vegetable that most Sicilians do. So yes Cucuzza is ours, we Sicilians and other Southern Italian peoples, but not everyone you see. Hey, we love to share, but once in a while we like to keep a few things to ourselves. Doesn’t everyone? My mom used to make this often, along with Zuppa di Cucuzza from her mothers traditional recipes from Lercara Friddi. The recipe is oh so Sicilian, tasty and whimsical too. If you make it, you and your guest are sure to love it, as we Bellino’s have for more than 100 years now. Mangia Bene!

RECIPE : PASTA GAGOOTZ

1 large Cucuzza (Italian Squash)
1 medium Onion, peeled and chopped
¼ cup Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
4 cloves Garlic, peeled and sliced
1 – 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 pound Green Beans, cleaned and cut in half
¼ cup fresh Basil leaves torn in half
1/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano Cheese

Peel the Cucuzza with a vegetable peeler and scoop out an large seeds if there are any and discard. Cut the Cucuzza (Gagootz) into 1 ½” pieces.

Place Cuccuzza and olive oil in a 6-quart pot and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.

Add onion and cook for 4 minutes more. Add garlic and cook on low flame for 2 minutes.

Add red pepper flakes and cook 1 minute while stirring. Add tomatoes and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. While the sauce is simmering cook the green beans in a large pot of boiling salted water for 3 minutes.

Drain the beans in a colander and put in the pot of sauce after it has been simmering for 12 minutes. Continue cooking for a total cooking time of 40-45 minutes for the sauce.

Add basil and cook two minutes. Cook pasta according to directions on package.

When finished cooking, drain the pasta in a colander, reserving about 7 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water. Put the pasta back in the pot it cooked in.

Drizzle on a little olive oil and mix. Add 1/3 of the sauce to the pot with the pasta and mix. Divide the pasta among four plates. Top each plate of pasta with a little more of the sauce. Give a plate to each guest, pass the grated cheese and enjoy.