Arancino fried rice cone stuffed with ragù, pointed like Etna
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
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Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo inside a golden cone-shaped crust: in Catania it is masculine and pointed, and the quarrel with Palermo over the name is serious.
Read more →Fried aubergine, tomato sauce, basil and a snowfall of salted ricotta: Catania’s signature dish is named after the opera by Bellini, a native of the city.
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Campanarazzu · chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie · chiesa di San Nicolò and 1 more
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Next up: Saint Anthony the Abbot and the Great Feast buried by lava, Sunday 17 January
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 8 km away
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