"Liver of Seven Cannons." Unexpectedly, this Sicilian dish contains no liver, but consists of slices of fried squash in a saucewith garlic, sugar and vinegar. It is named after a street of the same name in Palermo where a street vendor was unable to afford liver to put into a dish and sold it instead with only squash in a sweet and sour sauce.
Another cake where I cannot quite see the label, but this one was made with nutella. Via Portico in Assisi.
A dish from the south, particularly Calabria and Puglia, of figs dried and mixed with almonds and fennel seeds.
Stuffed figs. These are dried and then stuffed with any of a number of fillings, often including almonds or candied fruits.
"Indian fig." Prickly pear. The delicious but risky fruit of a cactus. The sweet, juicy flesh ripens from green to a deep apricot-pink colour. It is sensible to use leather gloves when dealing with these fruit as they are covered in fine, penetrating prickles. They are normally eaten raw but can be cooked, with the edible seeds becoming hard with cooking.
