Sicilian pizza
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Sicilian pizza refers to the different ways to prepare pizza in Sicily
(Italy
).
In the USA, among the Italian American
community, the locution sicilian pizza it refers to a particular way to cook the pizza (the Sfincione) originated from the city of Palermo
.
, often really different from the classical neapolitan pizza. The Sicilian ways to make a pizza are linked to the local culture and country traditions, so there are differences into preparing pizza also among the Sicilian region of Palermo
Catania
Siracusa and Messina.
In the province of Palermo
is very common the Sfincione (or Sfinciuni in Sicilian language
) a variety of pizza
that originated in Palermo. Unlike the more familiar neapolitan pizza, it is typically square, with more dough, sauce and cheese. An authentic recipe often calls for Caciocavallo
, bread crumbs, onion
, tomato sauce
and bits of anchovies.
In province of Catania
is diffused from ages the Scacciata
, made in two different ways: a fisrt layer made of dough
covered, within the city, by a local cheese (Tuma) and anchovies, or, in the region around Catania, by potatoes
sausages
broccoli
and tomato sauce. In both the case a second layer of dough brushed with eggs cover everything.
Still in the region of Catania, in Zafferana Etnea
and in Viagrande
it is diffused the typical pizza siciliana: a fried calzone
stuffed with cheese, anchovies and mushrooms
.
In the province of Siracusa, especially in Solarino
and Sortino
it can be found the Pizzòlu a kind of round stuffed pizza.
In the province of Messina
it is cooked the traditional Piduni, a kind of calzone
stuffed with endive
, tuma cheese, tomato and anchovies. Moreover it can be found the Focaccia
alla messinese prepared with tomato sauce, tuma cheese, vegetables and anchovies.
, this pizza is popular in Italian-American enclaves throughout Greater Boston
, Connecticut
, New York
, and New Jersey
, and especially in Utica, New York
, a city whose sizable Italian-American population is predominantly Sicilian. It is typically served in an aluminum baking sheet.
A particular variety that originated in Messina, Sicily
, is the focaccia
alla messinese, and is typically made with endive
and anchovy
.
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
).
In the USA, among the Italian American
Italian American
An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...
community, the locution sicilian pizza it refers to a particular way to cook the pizza (the Sfincione) originated from the city of Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
.
Local pizza in Sicily
In Sicily there are many local ways to prepare pizzaPizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
, often really different from the classical neapolitan pizza. The Sicilian ways to make a pizza are linked to the local culture and country traditions, so there are differences into preparing pizza also among the Sicilian region of Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
Siracusa and Messina.
In the province of Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...
is very common the Sfincione (or Sfinciuni in Sicilian language
Sicilian language
Sicilian is a Romance language. Its dialects make up the Extreme-Southern Italian language group, which are spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands; in southern and central Calabria ; in the southern parts of Apulia, the Salento ; and Campania, on the Italian mainland, where it is...
) a variety of pizza
Pizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
that originated in Palermo. Unlike the more familiar neapolitan pizza, it is typically square, with more dough, sauce and cheese. An authentic recipe often calls for Caciocavallo
Caciocavallo
Caciocavallo is a type of stretched-curd cheese made out of sheep's or cow's milk. It is produced throughout Southern Italy, especially mostly on the Apennine Mountains...
, bread crumbs, onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...
, tomato sauce
Tomato sauce
A tomato sauce is any of a very large number of sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish...
and bits of anchovies.
In province of Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...
is diffused from ages the Scacciata
Scacciata
Scacciata can be any of several types of Sicilian dishes.One haute cuisine version is a provolone cheese-filled pastry in a bread dough pie crust...
, made in two different ways: a fisrt layer made of dough
Dough
Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or leguminous crops by mixing flour with a small amount of water and/or other liquid. This process is a precursor to making a wide variety of foodstuffs, particularly breads and bread-based items , flatbreads, noodles, pastry, and similar items)...
covered, within the city, by a local cheese (Tuma) and anchovies, or, in the region around Catania, by potatoes
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
sausages
Sausage
A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...
broccoli
Broccoli
Broccoli is a plant in the cabbage family, whose large flower head is used as a vegetable.-General:The word broccoli, from the Italian plural of , refers to "the flowering top of a cabbage"....
and tomato sauce. In both the case a second layer of dough brushed with eggs cover everything.
Still in the region of Catania, in Zafferana Etnea
Zafferana Etnea
Zafferana Etnea is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 20 km north of Catania....
and in Viagrande
Viagrande
Viagrande is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 11 km north of Catania...
it is diffused the typical pizza siciliana: a fried calzone
Calzone
A calzone Italian: , "stocking" or "trouser") is a turnover that originates from Italy. It is shaped like a semicircle, made of dough folded over and filled with ingredients common to pizza....
stuffed with cheese, anchovies and mushrooms
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
.
In the province of Siracusa, especially in Solarino
Solarino
Solarino is a comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . It's located about 190 km southeast of Palermo and about 15 km west of Syracuse...
and Sortino
Sortino
Sortino is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . It is located in the Anapo river valley....
it can be found the Pizzòlu a kind of round stuffed pizza.
In the province of Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...
it is cooked the traditional Piduni, a kind of calzone
Calzone
A calzone Italian: , "stocking" or "trouser") is a turnover that originates from Italy. It is shaped like a semicircle, made of dough folded over and filled with ingredients common to pizza....
stuffed with endive
Endive
Endive , Cichorium endivia, is a leaf vegetable belonging to the daisy family. Endive can be cooked or used raw in salads.-Background:Endive is also a common name for some types of chicory...
, tuma cheese, tomato and anchovies. Moreover it can be found the Focaccia
Focaccia
Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread, which may be topped with herbs or other ingredients. It is related to pizza, but not considered to be the same....
alla messinese prepared with tomato sauce, tuma cheese, vegetables and anchovies.
Sicilian pizza in the USA
In the United States, a Sicilian pizza is typically a square pie with dough over an inch thick. Similar to the dish known as tomato pieTomato pie
Tomato pie is commonly regarded as unique to Italian-American populations. Unlike typical New York-style pizza, which is closely related to Neapolitan pizza, tomato pie is derived heavily from Sicilian pizza, and as such can be found in predominantly Sicilian-American communities.The basic recipe...
, this pizza is popular in Italian-American enclaves throughout Greater Boston
Greater Boston
Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston. Due to ambiguity in usage, the size of the area referred to can be anywhere between that of the metropolitan statistical area of Boston and that of the city's combined statistical area which includes...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, and especially in Utica, New York
Utica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
, a city whose sizable Italian-American population is predominantly Sicilian. It is typically served in an aluminum baking sheet.
A particular variety that originated in Messina, Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
, is the focaccia
Focaccia
Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread, which may be topped with herbs or other ingredients. It is related to pizza, but not considered to be the same....
alla messinese, and is typically made with endive
Endive
Endive , Cichorium endivia, is a leaf vegetable belonging to the daisy family. Endive can be cooked or used raw in salads.-Background:Endive is also a common name for some types of chicory...
and anchovy
Anchovy
Anchovies are a family of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish.-Description:...
.