Local Dishes

1. Pizza Marghirita

   Pizza Margherita — tomato, mozzarella and basil

   Usage

   Used to order the tomato, mozzarella and basil pizza; menus often print the Italian spelling

   Grammar Note

   The name comes from Queen Margherita; the Sicilian form is Marghirita. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Parmiciana di milinciani

   Parmigiana di melanzane — baked aubergine with tomato and cheese

   Usage

   Used to order the baked dish of fried aubergine layered with tomato sauce and cheese

   Grammar Note

   The parmiciana siciliana is listed among Sicilian specialities. Mulinciana (aubergine) is a feminine noun; the plural is mulinciani. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Capunata

   Caponata — Sicilian sweet-and-sour aubergine

   Usage

   Used to order the Sicilian sweet-and-sour aubergine starter

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun. The spelling caponata is also seen

4. Arancinu / Arancina

   Arancino / arancina — Sicilian fried rice ball

   Usage

   Used to order the Sicilian fried rice ball

   Grammar Note

   Both the masculine arancinu and the feminine arancina are used. The name comes from "little orange"

5. Pasta a la Norma

   Pasta alla Norma — with aubergine and salted ricotta

   Usage

   Used to order pasta with fried aubergine, tomato sauce and salted ricotta

   Grammar Note

   A speciality of Catania. A la means "in the style of"

6. Cannolu sicilianu

   Sicilian cannolo — pastry tube filled with ricotta

   Usage

   Used to order the fried pastry tube filled with ricotta

   Grammar Note

   The plural is cannola or cannoli. Cannolu also means a tap or a tube, so sicilianu makes clear that you mean the pastry. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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