{"id":24856,"date":"2019-01-08T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T12:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=24856"},"modified":"2022-05-04T17:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:12:25","slug":"sicilian-prickly-pears","status":"publish","type":"sapore","link":"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/sapore\/sicilian-prickly-pears\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sicilian Prickly Pear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sicily&#8217;s <strong>symbolic fruit<\/strong>, the prickly pear, is the full expression of what it means to live in this country: to adapt to different conditions, overcome thorny pitfalls and then savour unexpected sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s found everywhere, depicted with its bright colours in typical landscapes and colourful carts, on the fine <strong>handmade ceramics<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/caltagirone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltagirone<\/a>, as well as on clothing, accessories, jewellery and even on pieces of furniture designed by the most famous fashion designers. It&#8217;s no coincidence it&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/souvenir-dalla-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfect souvenir<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Prickly pears are not all equal and there are in fact three varieties, which are distinguished by their colour. The <strong>Sulfarina<\/strong>, the most widespread and least sought after, with its characteristic yellow-orange pulp and slightly floury consistency; the <strong>Muscaredda<\/strong> with its white pulp is a sweeter and crunchier variety; and, finally, the <strong>Sanguigna<\/strong>, distinguished by its red-violet pulp, is juicy and very sweet.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the variety, a quality distinction must be made between the <em>first bloom<\/em>, which takes place between May and June, and the <em>bastardoni<\/em>, which are the prickly pears that grow from the second bloom, from the end of September to November, are bigger, firmer and have a few less seeds in the pulp.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>bastardoni<\/em> are preferred by Sicilians and can easily be found throughout the island. However, the most valuable ones come mainly from <strong>Belpasso<\/strong>, <strong>San Cono<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/militello-val-di-catania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Militello Val di Catania<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/piazza-armerina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piazza Armerina<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28304,"template":"","categories":[1924],"luogo":[1862,1886],"stagione":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Sicilian Prickly Pear - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sicilian prickly pear. 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