Another recipe from Senior at Large in a Sicilian Kitchen a recipe picked up in Catania, under the shadow of Etna, “a Muntagna”. …
Minestrone
My favourite for the Feast day of St Francis of Assisi. …
Pasta
It's said that in the 13th century Marco Polo brought noodles, made of flour and eggs or water from China to Italy. This isn't true. When the Greeks founded the city of Naples around the 3rd century BCE, the people in the area already had a dish called “macaria” , a sun-dried mash of barley flour and water. There was mention of a pasta-like dish called “laganum” or “laganas,” a known …
