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filled with sweet ricotta). In Palermo, snack on
sfincione
(spongy, oily pizza topped with
onions and
caciocavallo
cheese), and feast on
pasta con le sarde
(pasta with sardines,
pine nuts, raisins and wild fennel) and
involtini di pesce spada
(thinly sliced swordfish fil-
lets rolled up and filled with breadcrumbs, capers, tomatoes and olives). In Catania, pay
tribute to Sicily's Norman invaders with
pasta alla Norma
(pasta with basil, eggplant,
ricotta and tomato). Further south, taste-test Modica's spiced chocolate.
