ottagono - the blog
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...
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Cannoli are the quintessential sweet of our pastry tradition: the crisp, golden fried shell is rolled into a tube to hold a velvety cream of genuine Sicilian sheep's milk ricotta, prized Bronte pistachio, pure chocolate with an intense, full-bodied flavour,...
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The coldest months of the year bring with them lots of delicious recipes, traditional dishes made especially for the holidays. Among them are crispelle, or “crispeddi” in dialect, a street food typical of traditional Sicilian cooking, particularly around Catania. A...
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There is no Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve dinner without scacciata, the traditional Sicilian bread dough pie filled in all sorts of ways: vegetables (above all cauliflower and broccoli), cheeses, cured meats or meat. A delicious one-dish meal that...
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Traditional, pistachio or chocolate? Which one to serve at Christmas or give to friends and family? Without a doubt an artisan panettone, made and filled with products closely tied to our land. It may be a Milanese and Lombard tradition,...
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