Perfect ideas for the festive table

Between December and January many people are busy preparing the festive table, and not just for the classic Christmas lunch, Christmas Eve dinner, New Year's Eve party or New Year's Day lunch. Every family has its own traditions, every group of friends its own customs of games and get-togethers, and everyone is looking for tasty ideas to bring to the table, both sweet and savoury.

Besides the seasonal must-haves, Pandoro and Panettone – available in the classic version with orange peel and raisins, or in more indulgent versions with Bronte PDO green pistachio, Sicilian pistachio or Modica PGI chocolate chunks, and also gluten-free – the most popular sweets of the moment are Pistanut, the cake in which layers of soft Sacher sponge meet a delicious pistachio cream; classic Sicilian Cannoli to fill at home with sheep's milk ricotta, pistachio cream, chocolate cream or custard; and the traditional Sicilian Cassata, beautiful to look at and wonderful to eat.

Rice is also a must on Christmas tables: both in the sweet version of honey Crispelle and in the savoury version with the inevitable Arancini, from ragù to pistachio, by way of butter and spinach, salmon, mushrooms and alla Norma. Through our online shop, arancini arrive at your door ready to fry and serve!

For those who prefer savoury, an essential tradition at the foot of Etna is sharing Catanese scacciate, halfway between a closed pizza and a savoury pie, filled with Tuma – a typical cheese – and vegetables such as broccoli or cauliflower, potatoes or anchovies.

If you're planning a spaghetti night with friends, don't miss our typical Sicilian ready-made sauces: cuttlefish ink, alla Norma, pistachio or alla siciliana.

You have until at least 6 January to taste everything: Happy Holidays indeed!