Fig Cookie: The cookies are a favorite at Christmas and wedding celebrations of many Sicilian-American and Sicilian families. Native to the Middle East and western Asia, it has been sought out and cultivated since ancient times, and is now widely grown throughout the temperate world, both for its fruit and as an ornamental plant. Fig
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Sauce with Meatballs, Sausage, and Pork: Italian-American “Sunday sauce or gravy”, the primary difference being the addition of a greater variety of meat in the American version, most famously meatballs (hence spaghetti and meatballs), braciole, sausage, and pork chops. There is great variety in the Sunday meat sauce that is passed down from generation to
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Caponata: Is a Sicilian eggplant (aubergine) dish consisting of a cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce. Caponatina Print Recipe Eggplant Servings Prep Time 4 People 30 Minutes Cook Time 20 Minutes Servings Prep Time 4 People 30 Minutes Cook
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