What to Eat in Agira: Typical Dishes & Local Products

Typical dishes of Agira

The specialities to try here, and their stories.

Dessert PAT 📍 Born here

Cassatella di Agira half-moon shortcrust pastry filled with cocoa, almonds and chickpea flour

A golden half-moon of shortcrust dusted with icing sugar, hiding cocoa, chopped almonds and chickpea flour: the sweet of Agira, in the Erei mountains, a recognised traditional product with its own municipal denomination.

First course

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.