Constantly referred to as the best restaurant in Sicily, we have come to Licata, a small town on the southern coast of Sicily between Gela and Agrigento, just to eat here.
From the outside, you would not recognize this as a temple of gastronomy.
After ringing the bell, we are welcomed into a typical italian restaurant – the food is obviously the star here!
Choosing the ‘Creativo’ menu of 9 courses is the best way to try chef, Pino Cuttaia’s treats from his kitchen. When each course is bought to the table, the chef himself appears and tells us about the dish.
This is our lunch.
Cuttlefish involtini in cauliflower soup with artichoke chips and black cuttlefish powder- amazing!
Too pretty to eat- but I did! Anchovy in a thin red onion paste base topped with tomato hearts and slices of baby red onion.
The lightest ever buffalo mozzarella on a base of tomato infused bread and pesto sauce. I don’t know how Pino was able to get the mozzarella so light but it was a similar texture to a snow egg. Unbelievable!
Tiny baby octopus on a chick pea and rosemary puree
Raw tuna topped with cooked tuna, artichoke, tomato, beans and fennel slivers with a pepperoncino sauce and a red onion sauce
Home made pasta with a scampi sauce, raw scampi and artichoke puree.
Swordfish with roasted pepper, oil and sepia powder sauce with a fennel seed wafer
Lemon gelato with the lightest brioche
Torrone gelato with chocolate.
Cannolo with orange marmalade and marsala gelato.
An unbelievable lunch. Not to be missed!
La Madia Restaurant
Corso Filippo Re Capriate, 22
Licata
Tel: +39 0922 771443
www.ristorantelamadia.it
La Madia
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An amazing menu, I’d be in heaven with three deserts. They all look fantastic, traditional Italian but with a special touch. Cannolo with orange marmalade and marsala gelato – what a combination of flavours! Very envious, hope you are going to cook some of these for your less fortunate friends when you get home!
I only had 2 desserts!! The other one was Ian’s dessert choice!
I may make the gelato but the rest of the menu is beyond my cooking skills.
Jenny
We had a amazing lunch at La Madia
We hope to return next week and have the other menu.
Michel
Fabulous. I’m envious you can go back there!!
Jenny
Oh my goodness, as usual I am sitting here with my tongue hanging out dying to try all these gorgeous foods!! They really look incredible (great pics too).
And thanks for taking part in Not A Ballerina’s Weekend Wanderings!
It was great to go back over the posts and revisit all the great food we ate whilst in Sicily.This restaurant was amazing!