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Here a video series that shows us the most famous typical products of the territory: The arancini, the pistachio nut and the fairs and the historical markets of the city of Catania. Keeo attention the audio of the video

 

The “cacocciula”

 

In this video a typical tradet of foods that it prepares “The cacocciula arrustuta”, that is the carciofi braced to the live coal, a typical Catanese plate.

 

 

The festival of the pistachio nut of Bronte

 

Bronte It's well understood for the Pistachio nut. Arrived in Sicily with the Arabs, you can't find in other places a pistachio nut like that one of Bronte. Its cultivation is much difficult, because its plant not only fructifies every two year, but also because it grows in a uneven land like the lava soul. In this video we can see the traditional festival of the pistachio nut that keeps every year. During the fair is possible to taste numerous typical products made with the pistachio nut: The honey, the creams, the pasta, the bread, the sweets, and even the sausage!!

 

Have a look on more information on Bronte

 

 

How to prepare the Arancino

 

From the sages hands of one sicilian housewife, here you are the most known product of Sicily: The arancino. The housewife preseems the paste of rice to cone, put in the mozzarella cheese and the ragù, covers all, impana and fries.

 

Read the original recipe

 

 

The historical markets of Catania

 

The "Pescheria" and "A fera or luni", they are the two great markets of the city of Catania. Both are situate in a little hundreds of meters in the historical center of the city. While the first one can be defined a fish market, the second proposes merchandise of varied kind. They make part of the culture and the catanese folclore: when one os to us in these markets is remained hit from the game of colors and sounds from which it is risked it are swept up. Not be astonished if the vendors in order to draw your attention, call you with a enough high tone of voice and gesturing.

 

 

More information on Catania

 

 
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