Can you believe that an independent Sicily would be seventh in the world for wine production? And Sicilians really love their desserts. The most famous Sicilian dessert wine Marsala. This was once a great sweet wine, and if you're careful, you can find a good one. Avoid Marsala cooking wine like the plague, even for cooking. Remember, in Sicily and elsewhere are selling the most dessert wines in half-liter bottles.
Con ricotta cannoli(Ricotta-filled rolls) are made from flour, cocoa, chocolate, wine, candied fruit, ricotta cheese, produced, and some other ingredients. They are not so simple to make, but this is a dessert that you can find at many Italian bakeries. Recommended wine pairings include Malvasia di Bosa DOC made in Sardinia and Sicilian Moscato di Pantelleria DOC, which is produced from dried grapes, when known as Moscato di Pantelleria DOC Passito. This wine is always sweet. They areprobably more luck in finding the Moscato.
) Cassata alla Siciliana (Sicilian Cassata is a cake not be confused with an ice cream treat of the same name. It begins with a sponge and has many, many ingredients, including chocolate, chestnut and ricotta cheese. After baking add apricot jelly, candied fruit and much more. Recommended wine pairings are the Sicilian Malvasia delle Lipari DOC, which can be done in the style of raisin wine, the Sicilian Moscato diSiracusa DOC, or Moscato di Trani DOC of Puglia. They have trouble finding these wines replace a sweet Italian Moscato.
Cotognata (Quince Preserve) is a traditional Sicilian dessert, often in the form of a leaf or a fish. Do not forget to add lemon and sugar. Recommended wine pairings include Moscato di Pantelleria DOC, Moscato di Siracusa DOC, Moscato di Trani DOC.
Panzerotti ai due Formaggi (cheese Panzerotti) are coated with honey dough crescentsthe mystery of two special Italian cheese, grated Pecorino Siciliano and a smaller amount of cubed Cacioavallo Silano. It also calls for flour, butter, orange and lemon peel and olive oil. Serve them hot with any of the above wines or a Sicilian Moscato di Noto DOC. Maybe you are looking for the Planeta name on the label.
