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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Typical dishes of Nicolosi
The specialities to try here, and their stories.
Immanù dark bread of rye flour and semolina, baked in a wood oven
Rye flour and semolina, dark crust, baked in the wood ovens of the Etna slopes: Nicolosi's black bread, the bread of hunger turned local landmark.
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Pasta alla Norma pasta with fried aubergine, tomato, basil and salted ricotta
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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What to see 8
Mount Etna – Southern Slope · chiesa dello Spirito Santo · chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie and 5 more
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Etnèra Hotel 10.0 · Locanda Milia Etna 9.8
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, Sunday 13 June
Getting there
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 17 km away
Near Nicolosi
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
