30 ITALIAN FOODS You Must Try - From Neapolitan Pizza to Sicilian Horse Meat IT

fresh mozzarella

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: shredded mozzarella

Part-skim mozzarella has fewer calories while shredded mozzarella is often less expensive.

San Marzano tomatoes

🥗Healthier: any canned tomatoes

💰Cheaper: regular tomatoes

Canned tomatoes are more accessible and affordable.

extra virgin olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor with a higher smoke point.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free alternative, while pecorino can be less expensive.

Start the food tour in Trapani, Sicily at Sapurito Street Food.

Order grilled swordfish (Pesce spada) with local sauce, fried seafood basket (misto mare), and panelle.

Taste the grilled swordfish, noting its freshness and texture.

Describe the local sauce made of tomato, olive oil, and herbs, and how it enhances the swordfish.

Taste the panelle, commenting on its texture and flavor, comparing it to pancakes.

Taste the fried seafood, including octopus, calamari, king prawns, and sardines, noting their freshness and taste.

Move to Pizzeria Stefy to see how pizzas are made and baked in a 60-year-old wood-fired oven using olive wood.

Observe the preparation of pizza with chunky tomato sauce, Caciocavallo cheese, and mozzarella.

Watch the pizza being slid into the oven on wooden boards.

Taste the Aturatta pizza and describe its flavors and texture, noting the use of local ingredients.

Taste the Margherita pizza and describe its lighter, crunchier dough and strong flavors.

Taste the pizza Rianata, noting its thinner crust and juicier toppings.

Travel to Catania to visit Serafino Express for fresh arancini.

Order arancini and watch them being made and fried fresh.

Taste the spinach and ricotta arancini, commenting on its creaminess and freshness.

Taste the Bolognese arancini, describing its ingredients and crunch.

Taste the pistachio arancini, noting its mild flavor and unique combination with prawns.

Visit a local restaurant in Catania known for horse meat cuisine.

Order horse patties (polpette di cavallo), pork sausage, chipolata, and thin horse steak.

Taste the thin horse steak, commenting on its juiciness and lemony flavor.

Taste the horse patties, noting their juiciness and charcoal flavor from grilling.

Taste the homemade pork sausage, describing its smoky taste and crunchy skin.

Taste the chipolata, noting its juicy onion and lemony flavor.

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