Traditional Unmissable Dishes
Journey to discover the intoxicating cultural food and wine treasure of Val di Noto
Sicily’s Val di Noto is not only an area rich in history and culture, but also a paradise for lovers of good food. Hidden among its golden hills and baroque villages are authentic and genuine flavors, the result of a culinary tradition handed down from generation to generation. The women of Val di Noto are the true keepers of the local culinary tradition. With their skilful hands they hand down from generation to generation the secrets of ancient recipes, preserving the authentic taste of Sicily.
Get ready for an unforgettable sensory journey, where every dish tells a story and every flavor evokes authentic emotions. The Val di Noto is waiting to win you over with its food and wine excellence!
Warm autumn pleasures
Snuggle up with traditional recipes in the cold season, traveling in taste. The arrival ofautumn makes us greedier, transmits us the desire to share around our table, pleasant moments with our loved ones, surrounded by the warmth of home, we savor our dishes so full of scents, flavors and colors, allowing us to travel through taste in time full of tradition and nostalgia.
We thought we would choose for you precious, traditional recipes from the Val di Noto. Flavors born in an Ancient land of sea and land.
Let us guide you through our journey, from appetizer to dessert.
And... stay at the table
It is a journey that fills the imagination with beauty and tradition.
It is pure life, fresh cheerfulness, citrus notes, essence of jasmine, scent of the sea, culinary stops in the narrow streets.
We will discover together some traditional dishes.
Watermelon frost (or mellon)
It is a traditional Sicilian spoon dessert.
Ingredients for 4 persons, 1.5 kg watermelon without rind, 250g sugar, 80g cornstarch, 1 packet vanillin, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to decorate pistachio granules, chocolate chips, jasmine flowers.
Traditional Christmas flavors
It is a triumph of lights, moments to share, festivities, traditions.
This is Christmas in Sicily, tables set, fine wines, a desire to be together.
The breading
The impanata is a kind of covered savory pie, made with leavened bread dough, inside you can find different fillings, including one with sausage and meat sauce, cauliflower and lolli typical of Pachino, or with dogfish and potatoes characteristic of Marzamemi.
Spring on the plate
La Spring in Sicily is poetry–we breathe and become inebriated with scents, orange blossom, almond blossom. We close our eyes just for a moment to smell the fresh scent of the sea…..harmony. We savor the taste of tradition through our dishes.
Pupicù l’ova
I pupi cù l’ova, pupi con l’uovo, is a typical Sicilian dessert composed of short pastry, covered with icing and colored grains and a hard-boiled egg placed in the center is an Easter dessert with ancient traditions.
