This is a typical Christmas Eve dinner preparation and is unusual for two reasons: it is not cooked according to the risotto method even though it’s called a risotto, and it combines cheese with fish. The dish probably evolved from a simple fish pilaf, one using, perhaps, gò (goby, an ugly little fish that lives […]
Sicily’s Cucina Erotica All in a Seafood Stew
April 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Sicilians are noted for culinary preparations with vulgar names. It’s not clear when this tradition began, but many of these dishes are sexual in nature and considered part of what would be called cucina erotica. One particular style of preparation–and actually the name of the sauce in a variety of preparations–is called picchi-pácchiu, referring to […]
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