{"id":82,"date":"2014-04-02T20:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T18:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anivarata.it\/en\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2014-04-02T21:01:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:01:31","slug":"sicilian-granita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/sicilian-granita\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicilian granita"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-83\" alt=\"Mandorle, pistacchi, limoni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anivarata.it\/en\/files\/2014\/04\/sfondo-ingredienti.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/files\/2014\/04\/sfondo-ingredienti.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/files\/2014\/04\/sfondo-ingredienti-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h2><i>Have you ever tried the real Sicilian artisan granita?<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>Not just in the summer but all year round, both locals and tourists from around the world can\u2019t help celebrating this \u201critual\u201d: <b>for breakfast, for lunch, in the afternoon or for dinner<\/b>, they have a granita paired with a hot brioche (a Sicilian version of French sweet bread, sometimes called\u00a0<i>brioscia cu\u2019 tuppu<\/i>\u00a0in the Sicilian dialect to refer to its semi-hemispherical shape, topped with a small dough ball) or, like in the past, with a fragrant freshly-baked roll.<\/p>\n<p><b>Artisan granita<\/b> is a very refreshing ice dessert, great to beat the Sicilian summer heat. Not only is it an art for the ones who produce it, but it is also a not to be missed ritual for the ones who experience it.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way as with the tea ceremony in China or Great Britain, to observe the ritual of Sicilian granita (very different from Rome\u2019s <i>grattachecca<\/i>, sorbet or <i>cremolata<\/i>) we should allow ourselves approximately 30 minutes of relax in order to enjoy this sweet treat, maybe taking a stroll around the town or sitting outside local caf\u00e9s while admiring Acireale\u2019s beautiful Baroque buildings, reading a newspaper or even talking shop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>With the quality and variety of its flavours, the ritual of Sicilian granita echoes the multi-layered culture and history of Sicily &#8211; an island rich of various influences, including the Arabs.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What are the origins of this tradition?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever tried the real Sicilian artisan granita? Not just in the summer but all year round, both locals and tourists from around the world can\u2019t help celebrating this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nivarata.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}