Regional cuisine

What to eat in Messina

18 typical dishes of Messina with cultural context, origin story and verified restaurants.

Regional cuisine

Messina-style arancini are golden spheres of breaded and fried rice, crispy on the outside and soft at the center. At…

Thin slices of swordfish wrap around a fragrant filling of toasted breadcrumbs, briny capers, fresh parsley, and…

Messina-style braciole are small meat rolls threaded onto skewers and grilled over hot coals, golden on the outside…

Messina-style caponata appears as a glossy medley of golden eggplant, bright red tomato, and crisp celery, bound…

Tall, soft, and generously topped, Messina-style focaccia features a golden, airy dough filled with a fragrant mixture…

Messina-style granita appears as an extremely fine iced cream, glossy and velvety, often ivory-colored when made with…

Messina-style stockfish salad is a bright, aromatic dish in which tender flakes of stockfish mingle with ripe…

A hearty dish of maccheroni, often homemade with a rough surface, coated in a thick Nebrodi pork sauce that simmers…

Messina-style pasta 'ncasciata is a golden triumph of baked pasta, where macaroni dressed with ragù intertwine with…

A pasta dish enveloped in a deep red sauce, dotted with tender pieces of freshly caught cuttlefish. The scent of the…

A fragrant, radiant dish where pasta is coated in a golden sauce of fresh sardines and wild fennel. The flavor is…

Messina pidoni, also called pitoni, are crescent-shaped pieces of leavened dough fried until golden and fragrant.…

Messina pignolata is a triumph of small golden balls of fried dough, piled into a little mound and divided into two…

Messina-style Sarde a beccafico appear as small rolls of oily fish, neatly arranged and often scented with bay leaves.…

A plate of spaghetti glistening with sauce that smells of the sea and Sicilian sunshine. Tender, flavorful cubes of…

Stocco alla messinese is tender, succulent stockfish slowly cooked in a fragrant red sauce of tomato, celery, and…

Messina-style stuffed squid appear golden and fragrant, resting in a flavorful cooking sauce that gathers the aromas…

Strait of Messina fish soup arrives at the table steaming, with an amber broth fragrant with the sea, dotted with…

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