Thursday, July 18, 2024

Ever Eat Vastedda Sicilian Spleen Sandwich - Pane Muesa

 




The BELLINO'S

Of LERCARA FRIDDI, SICILY

In LODI, NEW JERSEY







PANE MUESA

ANTICO FOCACCERIA San FRANCESCO

PALERMO, SICILY








NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK


How to Make Sfincione Pizza Palermo Sicilian Recipe

 




"SFINCIONE"

PALERMO PIZZA






How to Make SFINGCIONE PALERMITANA

VIDEO RECIPE

SICILIAN RECIPES





NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA

DANIEL BELLINO






SFINCIONE di BAGHERIA



SFINCIONE BAGHERESE

SICILIAN PIZZA

alla NICOLA

BAGHERIA, SICILY



SFINCIONE BAGHERESE alla NICOLA

NICOLA'S RECIPE :

For the sfincione dough: 1 kilo of semolina/semolo rimacinata Flour
10g fresh yeast 20g of sugar 24g of salt, 24g of extra virgin olive oil. 
700ml water 3kg of onions, peeled, finely sliced, 150ml olive oil
150ml water (add more if needed) For the other topping ingredients: 100g anchovies
500g primo sale cheese
one loaf/1 kilo fresh breadcrumbs
300g grated caciocavallo cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, 75 ml olive oil (more may be needed, depending on your breadcrumbs) 
and 3 teaspoons dried oregano, 3 green onions sliced









Another TASTY SFINCIONE

PALERMO PIZZA

"We LOVE IT" !!!





EVER HAVE VASTEDDA



VASTEDDA aka PANE MUESA

PALERMO

Video by SICILIAN-AMERICAN Author''DANIEL BELLINO "Z"









Saturday, July 13, 2024

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Sicilian Pasta Cucuzza Recipe Sicily

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 Growing Cucuzza in your backyard .. An Italian-American time-honoted Traditon ..



  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 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes 
4 cloves Garlic, peeled and sliced 
1 – 28 ounce can "Best Quality" imported ITALIAN Tomato Passata
1 pound Green Beans, cleaned and cut in half 
¼ cup fresh Basil leaves torn in half 
8 ounces Ditalini or Anelli imported Italian Pasta
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.

 

Pasta Gagootz ... 

Excerpted form GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK 

by Daniel Bellino Z




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PASTA GAGOOTZ

This and other Great Sicilian Recipe

in GRANDMA BELLIO's ITALIAN COOKBOOK

by Daniel Bellino Z











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Stewed CUCUZZA

a.k.a. GAGOOTZ







SEGRETO ITALIANO

SECRET ITALIAN RECIPES

PASTA CUCUZZA & SOUP

GINO'S PASTA SEGRETA "SECRET SAUCE"

LASAGNA - MARINARA

And Much More ...



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