Gastronomy in Sicily » The Sicilian Granita

Lemon, almond, coffee, pistachio, mulberry, cedar, Ribera strawberries, mandarin oranges, freshest, are the finest ingredients used by the ice cream artisans of Sicily to make their excellent productions. Even the granita is an invention of the Arabs who used to mix the snow picked on the mount Etna and on the Madonie with honey and citrus juice, and eat it with the bread. Hence was born the typically Sicilian tradition to eat granite an especially lemon granite, with a soft brioche