Giardino del Balio

today after the hike i visited a village called erice (ancient name eryx), it is located 15km northeast of trapani on monte erice at an altitude of 751m. in ancient times, the city of eryx, along with segesta and entella, was one of the three largest cities of the elymians.
if you ever plan to visit erice, i recommend a visit of the pasticceria maria grammatico. there you will find the best marzipan and almond biscuits in sicily, made only from the island's own products. zia maria (aunt maria) is almost a celebrity in erice, she grew up as an orphan with the nuns. she had to help in the kitchen and she (secretly) copied the nuns' recipes and wrote them down. these are now the basis for the dolci. you should taste the specialty there: genovesi ericine and cannoli siciliani (last photo). the genovesi erice are shortcrust pastry cakes with a delicate custard inside and the cannoli siciliani consist of a deep-fried rolling pin with a sweet, creamy filling made from ricotta, which can contain vanilla, cocoa, chocolate chips or candied fruit.Read more