Holiday Homes Marettimo "Il Corallo"
Flavors of Marettimo Island
Marettimo is also known for its flavors, since it is an island, you certainly can't miss the good fresh fish caught every day by the Marettimari fishermen.
The flavors of Marettimo are based on simple dishes, where imagination and authenticity dominate in the choice of ingredients, good fresh fish, spices, citrus fruits and typical Marettimare herbs.
Let's start with some appetizers from the island:
- shrimp cocktail
- tuna meatballs
- mussel soup
- burst mussels
- lemon or "peppered" mussels
- octopus salad
- baby girl fritters
- shrimp fritters
- tuna carpaccio
- grilled mussels
- smoked trio
- fried squid
Surely you have already heard of fish couscous which is a must in our area, but now we will list some typical first courses of the place:
- sea urchin pasta
- busiate with lobster
- lobster broth
- spaghetti with bottarga
- spaghetti with sardines
- busiate with prawns and pistachios
- busiate with amberjack egg
- busiate allo scoglio
- spaghetti with swordfish, aubergines and metuccia
- busiate with prawns, courgettes and almonds
- busiate with island flavours and citrus fruits
- spaghetti with clams
- bavette a thousand and one nights (tuna, swordfish, prawns, cream, curry and almonds)
- lasagna with grouper ragù
- spaghetti with "patelle" and "alavò" (shellfish)
Particularly tasty are the second courses to be savoured based on fresh fish:
- fried calamari
- stuffed cuttlefish
- tuna florentine
- tuna tripe
- tuna tartare
- grilled amberjack
- grilled swordfish
- calamarata
- grilled red porgy
- fried seafood
- baby girl pancakes
- grilled salmon
- grilled or baked snapper
- breaded tuna baked in the oven
- roasted grouper
- roasted prawns
- fried mixed seafood
We cannot forget the typical Sicilian sweets among which on the island you can find:
- cannoli
- deconstructed cannoli
- almond parfet
- Sicilian cassata
- ricotta and chocolate crumble
- crumbled with jam (various flavors)
- tart with jam (various flavours)
- tart with nutella and ricotta
- pear and chocolate cake
- cassatelle with ricotta and chocolate
- Genoese with ricotta
- Genoese with cream
But you can also taste granitas and artisanal ice creams made with fresh fruit:
- Marettimo black mulberry granita, lemon, mint, watermelon, coffee, peach, pistachio and strawberry, to be enjoyed with a warm brioche.
- lemon, pistachio, coffee, chocolate, stracciatella, nutella, strawberry, peach, hazelnut, watermelon ice creams, and many others.
Also worth trying are the fabulous hot and cold treats consisting of a loaf of bread soaked in rum, ice cream of your choice, cream, melted chocolate and peanuts.
You can't finish your holiday in Marettimo without tasting the honey produced on the island.
The uncontaminated nature, the inaccessibility of the places and the distance from the Sicilian coast, make the island of Marettimo particularly suitable for the production of honey.
- sulla honey
- rosemary honey
- orange honey
- thistle honey
- heather honey
- thyme honey
- lemon honey
- propolis
