PIDONI FRITTI ALLA MESSINESE. The Pitoni or Pidoni are parcels of a pizza-like dough, stuffed with curly endive, mozzarella and a tiny bit of anchovy. Not dissimilar to calzoni but fried, they are a typical and most appreciated dish from Messina. In Sicily, you can find them in the friggitorie, the Italian equivalent of fish and chips shops. The dough it’s made with more … Continue reading Sicilian pidoni: small calzoni with curly endive
HOMEMADE PIZZA. In Italy, the term pizza is generally used to indicate a flat bread which can be stuffed or topped with all sorts of ingredients. In Central Italy, pizza is also a panettone-shaped bread traditionally made for Easter. No news so far, all Mediterranean populations have been eating flat breads for at least 3000 years. Things changed when, at the end of 1700, someone … Continue reading home-made pizza
These peppers have the glorious summer colors and fragrance of the Mediterranean. Make sure to use large, thick fleshed, fresh peppers, yellow or red. The green ones are not sweet enough for this recipe. Capers are the edible buds of a hardy bush which grows on walls and rocky soils in the Aeolian islands, near Sicily. If possible, use small capers preserved in salt, they … Continue reading balsamic glazed peppers with capers and basil
