Vino cotto means cooked wine in Italian. Vino cotto or vincotto, as it is called in other parts of Italy, is traditionally made using grape must – grape juice that has been pressed with the skins and seeds, the first stage in wine making.  In Sicily, vino cotto is a popular sweetener made by reducing […]

This recipe is one of my Aunt Sarah’s favorite dishes to serve for Sunday suppers.  It’s a simple recipe and you probably have most of the ingredients on hand.  It’s a good way to use up a bottle of leftover white wine.  The recipe requires browning the vegetables before roasting them alongside the chicken.  Browning the vegetables […]

Made with a pasta frolla crust, this rich Sicilian ricotta and marscapone cheesecake is fragrant with combined flavors of Sicily – citrus, vanilla, and cinnamon.  Forget those dense ricotta cheesecakes you’re used to eating – this ricotta cheesecake is rich, creamy, and light.  Whipped egg whites help to make the ricotta less dense.  And although […]

Farsumagru or falsomagro is a large stuffed meat roll cooked in a tomato based sauce or in a broth with white wine.  It is also called bruciuluni – a larger version of bruciola (braciola).  Farsumagu can be made with beef or veal.  It is usually stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs, pine nuts, currants, and thin slices […]