Sicily pasta sauces
Mediterranean island shaped by centuries of Arab, Norman, Greek, and Spanish rule. Home to Pasta alla Norma and Pasta con le Sarde — bold, sweet Sicilian pasta sauces unlike anywhere else in Italy.
Alla Norma
The Sicilian pasta that carries a name from opera. Fried aubergine, sweet tomato, ricotta salata, basil — four components that only work when each one is done correctly.
Pasta con le Sarde
A Sicilian sauce that refuses to be categorised. Fresh sardines, wild fennel, raisins, pine nuts, saffron — the combination reads like an inventory of the Arab traders who shaped the island's food. The sweet and the savoury are not in tension here. That is the point.