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What is more influenced by North Africa is the style of Sicilian kitchens, the types of plates you often see etc.
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Thank you! And here they are not easy to get. You know I was actually wondering what they would taste like since forever. An old classmate of mine (Sicilian) keeps posting them on facebook whenever she has them.. but I never tried it... after lurking in this thread that is.
They are quite easy to make I must say.
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Myth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CassataThe Sicilian word cassata did not derive from Arabic qashatah ("bowl"), as is often claimed, but from caseata ("cheese concoction"), according to John Dickie,[1] who observes that cassata did not even signify a dessert until the late 17th century and did not take on anything like its current striped green-and-white form until the 18th century. "Cassata" he finds, "is the subject of an invented tradition based on the claim that its roots lie in the Muslim Middle Ages.
But yes, a lot of Sicilian cuisine is borrowed from North African cuisine. I know that my grandmother made a lot of North African-inspired dishes.
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