Cooking in Sicily with Paulette Licitra

Cooking in Sicily with Paulette Licitra

This episode features the cuisine of Sicily. Sicily is the largest island of Italy and is known for it's volcanic mountains and North African influence to it's cuisine and architecture. This Mediterranean island has spectacular beauty and has been featured in the public TV series Inspector Montalbano.

We are joined by our friend, Chef Paulette Licitra. We disuss our Sicilian family heritage, her travels to the island and cooking experiences in Palermo and Ragusa. We delve deep in the cuisine, seafood, street food and certainly the sweets that Sicily is know for.

Paulette discusses her travels and cooking in Sicily, including a visit to Capo Market in Palermo and cooking on a boat in the harbor.

To view recipes for Scaccia, Pesto alla trapanese and Almond Cookies from Paulette, check out her blog.

Menu

• Scaccia Ragusana
• Pork Ragu
• Aracina
• Pesto alla trapanese
• Cannoli
• Biscotti Regina
• Modican Chocolate

Enjoy!