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desserts are made with the freshest seasonal ingredients (wild strawberries in springtime,
for example) while the delicious torrone (nougat) bursts with the flavours of local honey
and almonds.
MODERN SICILIAN
€€
Il Liberty
( 093 157 32 26;
www.illiberty.com
;
Via Cavour 40; meals €27-35; noon-2.30pm & 7.30-10pm Tue-Sun)
Step
into the atmospheric vaulted dining room and sample chef Giuseppe Angelino's contem-
porary spin on Sicilian cookery. An excellent local wine list supplements the inspired
menu, which moves from superb appetisers like
millefoglie
- wafer-thin layers of crusty
cheese and ground pistachios layered with minty sweet-and-sour vegetables - straight
through to desserts like warm cinnamon-ricotta cake with homemade orange compote.
Trattoria Crocifisso
RISTORANTE
€€
( 093 157 11 51;
www.ristorantecrocifisso.it
; Via Principe Umberto 48; meals €30-35; 1-2.15pm & 8-11pm
Thu-Tue)
High up the many stairs of Noto Alta, this Slow Food-acclaimed trattoria with an
extensive wine list is a Noto favourite. The rustic antipasto is rich in creamy aubergine,
fried fennel, olives, cheeses and so on, and this is a great place to taste a Sicilian classic,
in season -
macco di fave
(broadbean puree) with ricotta and toasted breadcrumbs.
Ristorante Il Cantuccio
( 093 183 74 64;
www.ristoranteilcantuccio.it
;
Via Cavour 12; meals €30-35; dinner Tue-Sun, lunch Sun)
Chef Valentina presents a seasonally changing menu that combines familiar Sicilian in-
gredients in exciting new ways. Try her exquisite
gnocchi al pesto del Cantuccio
(ricotta-
potato dumplings with basil, parsley, mint, capers, almonds and cherry tomatoes), then
move on to memorable main courses such as lemon-stuffed bass with orange-fennel salad.
MODERN SICILIAN
€€
Information
Tourist office
( 093 157 37 79;
www.comune.noto.sr.it
;
Piazza XVI Maggio; 9am-1pm & 3-8pm)
An excel-
lent and busy information office with multilingual staff and free maps.
Getting There & Around
BUS
From Largo Pantheon just east of Noto's historic centre, AST and Interbus serve Catania
(€8.10, 1½ to 2¾ hours) and Syracuse (€3.40, 55 minutes).
