{"id":13756,"date":"2021-08-02T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/non-categorizzato\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:14:25","slug":"what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out what to eat in and around Catania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;13756&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Vote article&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Find out what to eat in and around Catania&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 7px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Vote article<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s find out what to eat in Catania and surroundings<\/strong> . As in all of Sicily, the dishes are the result of the intertwining and influence of numerous cultures and peoples who have colonized the island over the centuries. Below you will find a list of the typical products of Catania and surroundings, which you can try during your trip.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Horse_meat\" >Horse meat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Hot_table\" >Hot table<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Street_food_at_the_fish_market\" >Street food at the fish market<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Seasoned_sandwiches\" >Seasoned sandwiches<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Typical_products\" >Typical products<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Kiosks\" >Kiosks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/food\/what-to-eat-in-catania-and-surroundings\/#Typical_Sicilian_dishes\" >Typical Sicilian dishes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Horse_meat\"><\/span>Horse meat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Horse meat is very popular in Catania and is often served in a sandwich. You can find it in the itinerant sandwich shops scattered around the city, especially in the waterfront area. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hot_table\"><\/span>Hot table<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bolognese_tavola_calda.png\" alt=\"What to eat in Catania: Hot table\" class=\"wp-image-7594\" style=\"width:880px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bolognese_tavola_calda.png 728w, https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bolognese_tavola_calda-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bolognese_tavola_calda.png\">AndreaTartaglia<\/a> ,<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\"> CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> , via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The diner is widespread throughout Sicily, but particularly in Catania where you can find a bit of everything. The king of the diner is certainly the arancino, which here is pointed and has an inverted cone shape in honor of the volcano<a href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/province-of-catania\/visit-etna-and-go-straight-to-the-top-of-the-volcano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Etna<\/a> . Some of the other specialties are:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spring onion: Stuffed with ham, tomato and onion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bolognese: Pizza stuffed with tomato, mozzarella, ham and eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fried or baked bomb: Stuffed with ham and cheese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crispelle: Fried dough filled with ricotta or anchovies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schiacciata: Savory pie topped with tuma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Street_food_at_the_fish_market\"><\/span>Street food at the fish market<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1024px-Mauru1.jpg\" alt=\"U Mauru\" class=\"wp-image-7596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1024px-Mauru1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1024px-Mauru1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1024px-Mauru1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U Mauru &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mauru1.JPG\"> Giuseppe Sorbello<\/a> , CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>At the fish market you can try typical dishes some very special:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quarumi, boiled veal tripe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sangeli, pig&#8217;s blood cooked in intestine <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U mauru, a red seaweed salad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U zuzzu, pork jelly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seasoned_sandwiches\"><\/span>Seasoned sandwiches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Very popular are the sandwiches that you find at the itinerant sandwich bars scattered around the city, especially in the waterfront area. The toppings are very generous and the price is quite cheap. Sausages, cheeses, olives, horse meat, aubergines, mushrooms, peppers, fish, the choice is very wide.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Typical_products\"><\/span>Typical products<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>The typical products of the province of Catania certainly include honey from Zafferana, pistachio from Bronte, blood oranges, prickly pears and cherries from Etna, grapes from Mazzarone, wines from Etna and strawberries from Maletto.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kiosks\"><\/span>Kiosks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Very characteristic are also the kiosks that you find scattered around the city. They date back to the early twentieth century and have a characteristic Liberty style. Here you can try seltz, that is sparkling water and flavors of your choice, such as lemon, mandarin, anise etc. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Typical_Sicilian_dishes\"><\/span>Typical Sicilian dishes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Here you find the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/piatti-tipici-siciliani\/\" target=\"_blank\"> typical Sicilian dishes<\/a> that you can find all over the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13756"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37357,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756\/revisions\/37357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topsecretsicily.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}