 The golf course “Le
Madonie Golf Resort” location, inside the Madonie Mountains Natural Park, close to
the sea coast and surrounded by historical and artistic attractive various towns, allows
its guests furthermore to enrich their holiday with a wide range of excellent local
products tasting opportunity.
In Cefalů delicious local ice-cream, almond milk, added of a couple of
mint cyrup drops and local almond pastries are absolutely not to be missed. Restaurants
and trattorias, all along the in down town lanes, offers delicious mediterranean
food based on fish and local vegetable dishes.
Along the Madonie mountains itinerary, many farmings give an occasion to taste homemade
dairy products, as goat’s soft cheeses or sheep ones, preserved in rush baskets and
variously assorted according to the maturing, as the fresh tuma, the primo sale
mid-maturing and the deep matured pecorino; furthermore the well-known ricotta soft cheese
used to prepare cassata and sicilian cannoli.
Going on, extra virgin olive oil, homemade pasta and bread, as typical mediterranean
aliments are to be found every where.
The basil mushroom is the speciality in Castelbuono, acclaimed for its thickness and
perfume.
An artichoke fair takes place on the 25.th of april every year in Cerda, on which main
square a sculpture to this vegetable has even been exhibited.
Wild strawberries in Polizzi Generosa, together with the baddle beans, cooked fresh or
dried for delicious soups.
The manna production goes still on in Castelbuono and in Pollina: this is a sweet and
white sap coming out from cuttings made in the bark of ash trees and used by
pharmaceutical, cosmetic and confectionery industries, also available at the Consorzio
Obbligatorio dei Produttori di Manna in Castelbuono.
Finally a protected area typical product: honey!...of eucalitpus, citrus, arbutus, heath,
acacia, medlar….
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