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The essence of Sicily in recipes with plenty of 'marroir'
Italian chef Pino Cuttaia creates traditional seafood dishes that pay homage to mothers and fishermen.
Capable of capturing landscapes on a plate and sublimating techniques learnt in the family kitchen, Pino Cuttaia runs the restaurant La Madia** in Licata (Sicily), where he reinvents his memories and transforms into symbols dishes based on his territory, dominated by a sea that, as he describes it, has a unique and distinctive "marroir". And to prove it, he has brought three tasty recipes to the Encounter of the Seas kitchen "that will appeal to children and adults alike, as they are dishes with few ingredients and very easy to prepare".
He began with a fish soup without fish, based on noodles cooked in a broth made with sliced garlic sautéed in plenty of oil and parsley, peeled natural tomatoes and beaten egg to give a texture similar to lobster meat. To finish, he added almonds chopped into small pieces and served the soup in bowls, an appetising, thick soup with an intense aroma. The second creation was canned tuna, "a tribute to the technique developed by fishermen to preserve the tuna that arrives in the Mediterranean from June onwards". On a bed of fresh crushed tomatoes, he placed two mounds of sweet tomato extract, an anchovy fillet in brine and artichoke quarters in oil, followed by two pieces of tuna in oil, pieces of dried tomato and strips of sweet and sour onion. He finished with a sprinkling of tuna bottarga and a drizzle of oil.
He ended with a tribute to mothers, with a dish inspired by the traditional resource they had to feed their children in times of meat scarcity, such as the post-war period. "Mothers are a fundamental part of our diet and the true transmitters of tradition," he said. So he poured a large amount of oil and salt into a plate of finely filleted tuna and placed it covered over a saucepan to cook in a bain-marie for about 5 minutes. He finished the dish by sprinkling it with lemon juice. A perfect example of Pino Cuttaia's "creative cuisine that always makes you feel at home".
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