Sicily has one gastronomic tradition much appreciated for the variety of its products and tastes. In this month, Italian artists who are promoting their records tasted one of the most famous specialties: arancini. Let's find out who they are and what their reactions were to tasting this iconic specialty of Sicily!
All crazy for Sicilian arancini
The arancini from Catania and the arancini from Palermo are more famous examples of the Sicilian street food. It is in fact a widespread and loved product in every part of Sicily. The arancino and the arancina are the strong points of Sicilian frying: with a pyramidal shape as regards the area of eastern Sicily, while in the shape of a ball as regards western Sicily they are exquisite. These are rice timbales stuffed with minced meat sauce, peas, mozzarella and caciocavallo, egg, often flavored with saffron covered in breadcrumbs. Today you can taste various types thanks to the versatility of the ingredients: pistachio, salmon, butter, ham, mushrooms, aubergines, asparagus. That's why everyone is crazy about arancini!
It is obvious that all Sicilians love them and consume them as lunch, dinner, aperitif. If you go to Sicily you can't not try them!!! You will immediately fall in love with it for its flavor and aroma! All Sicilian bars and delicatessens display them in plain sight!
Abroad they are much appreciated so much that a Sicilian chef he created the'Arancina day in New York, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Lucia.
Laura Pausini is crazy about Palermo arancini!
In recent days, the singer Laura Pausini stopped in Sicily for his tournée among the radios for the promotion of his new album and has filled his social networks with photos taken between Catania e Palermo where she is immortalized while eating the arancino and the arancina with gusto and raising her thumb up as a sign of full approval. The star was struck by the taste and shape of these products. With blue sea, sun and arancini, Pausini has become the testimonial of this wonderful product "made in Sicily". In addition to the radio tour, the singer also performed a gastronomic tour!
Laura is filmed in a video while they ask her which of Catania and Palermo is the specialty she most appreciated. To the question of a fan: “Was the arancino good?” the artist indeed replied: “Qhe of Palermo was better!”.
That's how it wenteternal dispute between the two cities and the denomination. In fact, Palermitans claim that the real name is arancina because of its shape which refers to the orange, the symbolic fruit par excellence of Sicily. The people of Catania call it arancino and make it with a pointed shape to pay homage to Etna.
Despite this, the Emilian artist who loves good Romagna food wanted to give her precious contribution to the promotion of the arancino, one of the DOC island products, protagonist also in literature and fiction thanks to Montalbano di Camilleri, which also had the accolades PAT (Traditional Italian Agri-Food Product) by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.
Cristina D'Avena and the super arancino in Messina
Laura Pausini is not the only one to have expressed her appreciation for this excellent Sicilian product. The singer too Cristina D'Avena, on tour between Messina and Catania with shows for adults and children, between one break and another he was able to enjoy not only an arancino but even XL format!
The Bolognese singer performed in Villafranca Tirrena, in the province of Messina, on the occasion of a special Cartoon Party held in the former Pirelli area.
Cristina had herself immortalized with this mega arancino, specially prepared for her, making the photo go viral on all her social networks and garnering many appreciations. Cristina in fact amazed by the size of this delicacy asks us: “A small arancino here in Messina… Will I be able to eat it all??” The web went wild and Cristina too became the testimonial of this exceptional product!
The two artists are the last in chronological order to appreciate and promote this all-Sicilian excellence that the world envies us!
