Traditional food of Palermo: 5 dishes

• Cannoli · Dessert · Palermo

  Cannoli are tubes of crisp fried pastry filled with sweetened sheep's milk ricotta, often with chocolate, candied fruit or pistachio at the ends.

• Cassata siciliana · Dessert · Palermo

  Cassata siciliana is a cake of sponge soaked in liqueur, layered with sweetened sheep's milk ricotta, chocolate and candied fruit, covered in green marzipan and white icing, and decorated with colourful candied fruit.

• Pani câ meusa pani câ mèusa · Street food · Palermo

  Pani câ meusa is Palermo's spleen sandwich: slices of veal spleen and lung, boiled and then fried in lard, piled into a soft sesame bun called a vastedda.

• Sfincione sfinciuni · Bread & pastry · Palermo

  Sfincione is Palermo's thick pizza: a soft, spongy dough topped with tomato sauce cooked with onions and anchovies, caciocavallo cheese, oregano and breadcrumbs.

• Pasta con le sarde pasta chî sardi · Noodles & pasta · Palermo

  Pasta con le sarde is a pasta dish from Palermo with fresh sardines, wild fennel, salted anchovies, raisins, pine nuts and saffron, topped with toasted breadcrumbs instead of cheese.

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