Noci Americane … a Nutty Tale 🌳
Autumn, or as my followers across the pond in the United States call it “Fall”, is harvest time, in Sicily this means there are many food festivals with some honouring the islands nut produce such as pistachios, chestnuts, walnuts and hazelnuts. Every year in September into October the Sagra della Noce (Festival of Walnuts) takes place in Motta Camastra, a small hilltop town in the stunning Alcantara Valley not far from our town Giardini Naxos. This town is renowned for its walnut trees and is known as "the village of walnuts". During the festival, on stands on the streets of the town, we can taste all things nutty, like sweets, liqueurs, creams, walnut oil and of course buy big bags full of what I think are the best walnuts in the world. Sicily is also home to the world’s most famous variety of pistachio, the pistachio Verde di Bronte (Green Pistachio of Bronte). Centred around the town of Bronte, which sits under the shadows on Mount Etna, the pistachio t...