Welcome Speech For Black History Program

who blasted the eyes vidinu at Easter!


We are in Holy Week, and some of his days are marked by rituals and customs.
There are no ritual foods that give good Sicilian would know.
E 'can not attend the religious ceremonies, but one can not remain indifferent to what these parties, the Sicilian cuisine offers.
Certainly in Palermo on Easter Day, there is no table quashed, the pupu cu ovu and picureddi ! in addition to the national cake, eggs and dove. The Sicilian Cassata
is sweet for excellence!
Of Arab origin, has a round shape, a bottom edge and a sponge cake alternating with almond paste, is stuffed with sweet ricotta cream, covered with a white icing sugar and garnished with frutta candita e zuccata a strisce sottili.
E' tale la celebrità di questo dolce, che di certo la conoscerete tutti!

lu pupu cu l'0vu
Altro dolce è lu pupu cu l'ovu . E' una pasta ammollita di varie forme, a cestino o pupazzo,
con una rilevatura capace di contenere un uovo sodo dentro. Queste uova avvolte si mettono a
bollire in acqua colorata, in modo che il colore giallo o rosso attragga maggiormente i bambini.
L'origine di fare queste dolci è antico e pare che abbia avuto origine nei monasteri siciliani.


li picureddi


Nei giorni che precedono la Pasqua, in molte famiglie c'è un gran da fare, nella preparazione
di queste pecorelle. La loro preparazione è piuttosto complessa ma fortunatamente coinvolge
tutta la famiglia.

Preparare queste pecorelle di farina di mandorle non è difficile gli ingredienti base sono di facile reperibilità. Per una pecorella occorrono:
100 gr di farina di mandorle
100 gr di zucchero a velo
1/2 fialetta di aroma di mandorle
una piccola tazza d'acqua
uno stampo
confetti, streamers and bow basket

In a bowl mix the ground almonds with icing sugar and add half of the vial of almond flavoring and a little water. Work with your fingertips until you have mixed the ingredients well, until a soft dough.
Do not overdo the mixing time, because the almond flour, it tends to give off an oily mood that hardens the dough.


This will give you a consistent paste (see photo), cover the mold with the starch (for the pasta does not stick) and fill it with your pasta of martorana.




Now you have created your sheep gently detach from the mold, modellatela and arrange in a basket or tray, wait a few hours before decorating it with vegetable dyes, and garnish with the decorations.

Homemade Fishing Boats

risotto with "sparacelli"

The picture quality is not the best, even the camera for some time none of it, you will also need a recharge!
However, I want to post the same that I prepared this delicious risotto with broccoli crops in the garden of Hermes.
The preparation is simple, but the goodness of freshly picked vegetables, has been delighting us!

performance: off the tender buds from the plant and wash the vegetables, scald
in boiling salted water they contain. When cooked, take them out and chop.
Finely chop the onion and sauté in a pan with ½ cup of extra virgin olive oil, add the rice Carnaroli and rigiratelo wetting in the sauce from time to time with a ladle of the cooking of broccoli that you left from part, add the vegetables chopped, and
continue until the rice is cooked, remember that the cooking water was already salty taste
only at the end and if necessary, adjust salt and pepper. A pleasure can be added to the cheese.