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In Favara<\/strong>, in the province of Agrigento<\/a>, the local traditional dessert is Agnello Pasquale<\/strong>. This is marzipan filled with fresh chopped pistachios, covered with “velata” (dark sugar) and richly decorated with bells, silver beads, ribbons and red flags.<\/p>\n

The dessert dates back to the early twentieth century, when it was prepared by the nuns of the Collegio di Maria<\/strong> in the “Batia” district of Favara, to remember Jesus as the Lamb of God. You can watch the dessert being prepared, and of course taste it, at the Castello Chiaramonte<\/strong> during the Sagra dell\u2019Agnello Pasquale<\/strong> festival which takes place every year during the holiday period.<\/p>\n

The Picureddi<\/em>, which are easy to find throughout the region, are marzipan sheep lying on their sides, placed on a green lawn strewn with colourful sugared almonds. <\/p>\n

In Erice<\/a>, in the province of Trapani<\/a>, at the convento San Carlo<\/strong>, they still package Ericini<\/strong> today, made with finely decorated marzipan and stuffed with cedar jam.<\/p>\n

If you’re in Agira<\/strong>, in the province of Enna at Easter, you’ll find Cassatelle di Agira<\/strong>, which have nothing to do with the famous ricotta cassata<\/a>. They are elegant and exquisite pasticciotti made with thin sheets, filled with cocoa and toasted almonds.<\/p>\n

Another typical Easter dessert known throughout Sicily, especially in the province of Modica<\/a>, is the Cassatella di ricotta or Tuma cheese<\/strong>: a loaf stuffed with ricotta, pieces of chocolate and candied fruit. Instead of ricotta you can find a filling of Tuma cheese, a very fresh unsalted cheese, worked in together with sugar. The cake is decorated with vanilla icing sugar or chocolate powder.<\/p>\n

Lenten biscuits<\/strong>, which are traditional in Sicilian pastry, are made as votive dishes for Lent. Eating them was a perfect solution to the Catholic custom of fasting in the days leading up to Easter. Lenten biscuits are prepared throughout Sicily, from Enna<\/a> to Syracuse<\/a>, from Catania<\/a> to Palermo<\/a>, but what they have in common is the use of almonds.<\/p>\n

We call it u Pupu ccu l’ovu<\/em> and it means “puppet with egg”, but it has different names depending where it comes from: “campanaru<\/em>” or “cannatuni<\/em>” in Trapani<\/a>, “pupu cc\u00f9 l’ovu<\/em>” in Palermo<\/a>, “cannileri<\/em>” in the Enna<\/a> area, “panaredda<\/em>” in Agrigento<\/a> and Syracuse<\/a>, “cuddura cull\u2019ovu<\/em>“, “aceddu cull\u2019ovu<\/em>” or “ciciliu<\/em>” a Catania<\/a>, “palummedda<\/em>” in the south-western part of the island.<\/p>\n

It’s a typical Easter biscuit that comes in various shapes (baskets, doves, horses, hearts) that used to be exchanged between lovers, family and friends on Easter Sunday instead of Easter Eggs.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, u pupu<\/em> is prepared at home: the biscuit dough is adorned with hard-boiled eggs left in their shell and finally decorated with sprinkles or coloured sugar balls. The hard-boiled eggs, inserted as decoration, once had to be odd in number and preferably numbered twenty-one, to recall the day when spring begins.<\/p>\n

Finally, the queen of all Sicilian desserts that must be tried at Easter is the famous Cassata siciliana<\/a>, so much so that an ancient proverb says: “If you don’t eat cassata on Easter morning, you’re poor<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

In addition to the desserts from the ancient Sicilian tradition, you’ll find this holiday’s great classics: chocolate eggs, a symbol of life and renewal, and artisanal doves to try, stuffed with Avola almonds<\/a>, Bronte pistachios<\/a> or Modica chocolate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find out about the unmissable rites of Holy Week in Sicily<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52629,"template":"","categories":[1922,1935,1942,1924],"luogo":[1860,1862,1863,1859,1865,1866,1890],"stagione":[1877],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEaster desserts to try in Sicily - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Easter desserts to try in Sicily - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Favara, in the province of Agrigento, the local traditional […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/sapore\/easter-desserts-to-try-in-sicily\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitsicily.info\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-04T15:13:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5415.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2481\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1654\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/sapore\/easter-desserts-to-try-in-sicily\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/sapore\/easter-desserts-to-try-in-sicily\/\",\"name\":\"Easter desserts to try in Sicily - 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