Back to Sicily Author Daniel Bellino - Z

 

PIAZZA SINATRA

Agrigento , Sicilia

"I'm up in The BELL TOWER of The CATHEDRAL of AGRIGENTO

SICILY

TEMPLE of HERA

Agrigento , SICILIA

The CATHEDRAL of PALERMO

PALAZZO NORMANNI

Palermo

Antica Focacceria S. Franceso

Palermo , Sicily

Home of Pane Milza

aka Vastedda

ARANCINI & PANE MILZA at ANTICA FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

PALERMO , SICILY

AQUA MELONE

Antica Mercato Siracusa

View Out My Balcony Of PIAZZA del DUOMO

The CATHEDRAL & ELEFANTE

Europa Centrale Hotel

CATANIA

SAL & ANTONIO

Catania

GELATO di ZUPPA INGLESE

PIAZZA del DUOMO

TAORMINA

Swimming in The MEDITERRANEAN SEA 

at CEFALU

Me At The TEATRO GRECO

SIRACUSA , SICILIA

CATHEDRAL of SIRACUSA

Isla Ortigia

CATHEDRAL di SIRACUSA

ANTIPASTO MISTA

La TAVERNETTA

ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

Caponata, Roast Peppers, Local Fish

Spaghetti Pesce Spada

La TAVERNETTA TRATTORIA

ORTIGIA

CASATA

A Glass of MARSALA After Dinner at La TAVERNETTA

ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

SICILIA

View From My BALCONY

Domus Mariae Hotel

ORTIGIA

DOMUS MARIAE 

My Hotel in ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA

View to the right out my Balcony 

Domus Maraie Hotel , ORTIGA SIRACUSA 

My Hat & GRANITA

La BAR

ORTIGIA , SICILY

GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

ARANCINI in SICILY

Recipe in GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

RECIPES From My SICILIAN NONNA

Temple of Concordia

Agrigento, Sicily

INSALATA SICILIANA

at a Little Trattoria in ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

SPAGHETTI con COZZE

ORTIGIA

Old FIAT 500

On Streets of AGRIGENTO

BEST MEAL of The TRIP

PASTA al FORNO

PALUMBO

 AGRIGENTO , SICILIA

Recipe in GRANMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

RECIPES  From My SICILIAN NONNA

This was The BEST DISH on The WHOLE TRIP

POLLO ARROSTO con PATATE e CIPOLLA

at ROSTICCERIA PALUMBO

AGRIGENTO

GRANDMA BELLINO'S SICILIAN COOKBOOK

LEMON GRANITA

AGRIGENTO

ANTIPASTO MISTA

CAPONATA , STUFFED EGGPLANT, 

MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

ZUCCHINI , e CIPOLLA

TRATTORIA U FUCULARA

CANTANIA

SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO "Z"

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Bussiatta con Gamberi Bronte e Pistachio

Cantania

Insalta di Polpo

Trattoria on ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

GAMBERONI GRATINATA

ORTIGIA

A Church in SICILY

Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

VIEW From VILLA DAFNE,  ALIA

Great Pool with an AMAZING VIEW

VILLA DAFNE , Alia , Sicilia

View Out My Room

VILLA DAFNE

ALIA, SICILY near ROCCAPALUMBA &

 LERCARA FRIDDI

The DUOMO , LERCARA FRIDDI

DUOMO

Lercara Friddi

Nonno Bellino

My Grandfather FILLIPO BELLINO

Born in LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILIA

about 1888

MARIA SALEMI

Maybe a Long Lost Relative

Old House in LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY

Maybe My Grandparents lived in one like this ?

Francesco His Nonno & Me at their caffe, CAFFE GLAMOUR

Lercara Friddi

"BIG GUY" having un Caffe at CAFFE GLAMOUR 

 Lercara Friddi SICILY

Me and The GIRLS at The Municipal Hall 

LERCARA FRIDDI

SICILIA

DUOMO

LERCARA FRIDDI

Un CANNOLO in a Pasticceria

 LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY

Piazza Romano , Lercara Friddi

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANO

TOMATOES & EGGPLANTS

CAPONATA Too !!!

RECIPES in GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

Oranges for my Fresh OK 

at FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

TIMBALLO di ANELLETTI SICILIANA

Bar Santoro , PALERMO

Church in Agrigento

Church in Agrigento

Via Maqueda , Palermo

CAPONATA

TRATTORIA CARTARI , Palermo

CAPONATA Recipe 

in GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

RECIPES From My Sicilian Nonna

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Me & Fillipo of TRATTORIA CARTARI , Palermo

Drinking Insolia BDP

Spaghetti con Broccoli

CARTARI

Drinking FRAPPATO with DINNER

Trattoria Cartari

Cucuzza Pepperoni Melanzane Zucchini e Pomodoro

RECIPES : PASTA GAGOOTZ , CAPONATA , e MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

CAVILOFIORE

RECIPE For PASTA with CAULIFLOWER

GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

aka

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

Cathedral

CEFALU

A PANINO to Bring to The BEACH in CEFALU

Where I Swam in CEFALU

After a Swim in The Mediterranean CEFALU

La ROCCA , Cefalu

Me & My APEROL SPRITZ 

at a Cool Bar in PALERMO

Near to Focacceria San Frncesco

Espresso & Bomboloni Antica Caffe Maria , 

Mercato Ballaro , Palermo , Italy

My Hat an ARANCINI (wrapped To Go) and My Sicilian Vacation Journal

at a Caffe by The Bus & Train Station Catania

This was when I got off Bus from SIRACUSA and was waiting for Bus to Palermo

a BUS LAYOVER in SICILY

Me at The CATHEDRAL in CEFALU

Trattora La Tavernetta , Lercara Friddi

Had Lunch Here

The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK

The WORLDS # 1 TASTIEST RECIPE EVER !!!

"SERIOUSLY" !

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The VUCCIRIA

by Renato Gattuso

ANTICA FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

Palermo , SICILY

Oratorio di Santa Cita

by Giacomo Serpotta

PALERMO

"SLEEPING"

Chapel Santa Cita

Look for My New Book

Trattoria Trapani

PALERMO

GRILLED CALAMARI

TRATTORIA TRAPANI

GRIGILIA MISTA di MARE

CALAMARI & SWORDFISH

TRATTORIA TRAPANI

Spaghetti con Cozze

Spaghetti Vongole

Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook

Recipes From My Sicilian Grandmother

Giuseppina Salemi Bellino

 

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Sicilian Sesame Cookies Reginelle Recipe

REGINELLE

SICILIAN SESAME COOKIES

Among the many culinary Sicilian specialties, these biscotti (cookies) are a real institution not only in Palermo, the city where they were born, but in all Sicily. You can find these crispy and savory cookies in bakeries, pastry shops and even in the best supermarkets of the island. Usually, in bakeries, they are prepared with lard (and, therefore, have a crunchy texture) while in patisseries is privileged butter. In both cases, the taste is unique and special because of the presence, in the mixture, of saffron and toasted sesame covering cookies, giving an unmistakable scent.

Younger diners, eat Reginelle for breakfast (or for snack) “dunked” in milk. Adults and the most refined palates, as tradition dictates, accompany these delights with a good glass of Marsala (Sicilian dessert wine). ?My recipe provides the use of olive oil, in substitution of animal fats, usually used in the preparation of these cookies. Raw sugar and honey are the finishing touch to a typical home made rustic recipe, to share with people we love.

Ingredients :

• 1/2 cup Sesame Seeds
• 1 cup Plain Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 4 tablesoons Milk 

Instructions

• Dry roast the Sesame Seeds until they are a light brown color. Let them cool and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and keep it aside.
• Combine the flour, salt and baking powder and keep it aside.
• Whisk butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine well.
• Add milk little by little and make a soft dough.
• Divide the dough into 25 small 2" long cookies and roll them in the toasted sesame seeds.
• Place them on the lined baking sheet spacing about 1 inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes or until the bottoms are browned.
• Let them cool completely and store in an airtight container.

RECIPES from My SICILIAN NONNA

JOSEPHINA SALEMI BELLINO

LERCARA FRIDDI, SICILY

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Rame Napoli Sicilian Chocolate Cakes Reicpe

Rame di Napoli

"They're not From Naples, but Catania, Sicily" 

The Rame di Napoli are delicious cocoa biscuits covered with a dark chocolate glaze . Typical of Sicilian pastry, especially in the city of Catania, the copper from Naples is prepared with a dough based on flour, sugar, butter and bitter cocoa, the desserts are then glazed with chocolate and covered with pistachio grains.

The original recipe involves adding orange jam inside the dough I added it before moving on to the chocolate coating, but there is also a variant that provides a layer of Nutella. These sweets are traditionally prepared in Sicily for the feast of All Saints and given to good children as a gift from deceased relatives.

I know, you are wondering why they are typical sweets of Catania if they are called "di Napoli"! There is no sure information on the origin of the name, but reading on the internet I found three hypotheses to explain the question: the first is that the inventor of the recipe was a pastry chef from Naples; the second says it was a tribute from Sicily to the city of Naples (during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies); finally the third hypothesis, which seems to be the most popular, maintains that the copper of Naples was created after the introduction of a new coin, forged precisely in copper, introduced with the union of the kingdom of Naples and that of Sicily. The people of Catania therefore thought of creating a cake that would reproduce this coin in honor of the new kingdom.

In any case, whether it's a pastry chef, a tribute or a coin, not giving in to the temptation to eat the copper of Naples is really impossible! Happy Monday to those who pass by here: 

Ingredients :

2 cups flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 stick Butter
1/2 cup Cocoa powder 
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons of ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon ground Cloves

For the icing :

8 ounces Dark Chocolate
1/2 stick butter
Orange Marmelade or Hazelnut spread
Ground or chopped Pistachio 

Preheat the oven at 180°. Melt the butter with milk and honey in a sauce pan on a medium heat. In a large bowl sieve the flour together with the cocoa powder, ammonia, cinnamon and the grounded cloves. Add the sugar and mix all well. Pour the mix of milk into the bowl and stir until you have a smooth mixture (as shown in the pic above).

On an oven tray place a sheet of baking paper and transfer the mixture in small quantities (around 2 or 3 full tablespoons each) paying attention in keeping them distant one another. 

As soon as the oven has reached the right temperature bake your cookies for 15 minutes. Don’t worry if while they are in the oven there will be an unpleasant smell, it’s the ammonia, and it will completely disappear once the cookies are cooked and ready. Take them out and let them cool down. 

In the meantime prepare the frosting by melting the dark chocolate and the butter together. Spread either a veil of orange marmalade or the hazelnut spread, and then, once the frosting is ready use it to cover the cookies. 

Leave them few minutes to set and then finish the decoration by sparkling the pistachio on top. 

RAME di NAPOLI

CATANIA

Traditionally served on All SAINTS DAY

November 1 & 2

Now made all year round in Catania, Sicily

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Cucuzza with Braised Pork Belly Recipe

CUCUZZA con CARNE

CUCUZZA with BRAISED PORK BELLY

CARNE CON ZUCCHINE, PITTINICCHI CA CUCUZZA

CUCUZZA con CARNE

SICILIAN RECIPES 

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My Cucuzza Louis Prima Pasta

A Guy and His Gagootz

As you'll see, people Love Showing-Off Their GAGOOTZ

aka CUCUZZA

Some Times they're straight like a Baseball Bat

And other times? Well?

The CUCUZZA PARADE

LOS GATOS, CA

"GHIOTTA"

CUCUZZA STEW - Recipe

Recipe

A Wonderful / Simple Recipe for CUCUZZA

with PARMIGANO , CACIOCAVALO, or PECORINO

Ricette - "GHIOTTA"

alla SICILIANA 

CUCUZZA STEW with TOMATOES and POTATOES

"Mangia Bene" 

"I gotta my CUCUZZTZ"

Pasta w/ Cucuzza e Fava

Recipe

LOOK at THESE BABIES !

LOUIS PRIMA

"My CUCUZZA"

My Cucuzza
Cucuzza bella
She's my pizza pie with lotsa mozzarella
With Cucuzza
I wanta be
'cause Cucuzza is so crazy over me
Cucuzza grows in Italy
They love it on the farm
It's something like zucchini
Flavoured with Italian charm

I call my girl Cucuzza
'cause she's sweet as she can be
She loves to hear me say
"Cucuzza please babotcha me"

"MY CUCUZZA"

Louis Prima

A Palermo non si muore mai. 

A cucuzza a Ghiacciata con Sale e Limone.

SICILIAN CUCUZZA w/ LEMON and SALT

"Maaaaaaahh" !!!

NONNA BELLINO'S SICILIAN RECIPES

RECIPES from MY SICILIAN NONNA

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CUCUZZA FARM in ALBERELLO APULIA

PUGLIA

CUCUZZA con CARNE PITTINICCHI

CUCUZZA with BRAISED PORK BELLY