Charcuterie boards are one of those party foods that 9 times out of 10 look better at a restaurant. Unless you're at the Martha Stewart/Lauren Conrad/Goop level of entertaining, they're just...hard to recreate. And the one from The Sicilian Butcher DEFINITELY puts anything you or I have attempted to shame—mostly because it's a full five feet long.
The oversized board is meant for at least four people and is filled with pretty much everything you could want in a handheld Italian feast. There's meat and cheese, obviously, but also dried fruit and nuts, meatballs and polenta, bruschetta, polenta fries, and Sicilian apps like Cazzilli and Arancini. The former is made from potato, fresh mozzarella, crispy pancetta, herb bread crumbs, and tomato herb sauce; the latter is a saffron rice ball stuffed with mozzarella, meat ragu, and english peas.
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Beyond the human-sized Sicilian In Strada, the menu is full of sharable bites. The restaurant serves buckets of meatballs that come with your table's choice of eight different kinds of meatballs and nine different sauces. They also have "bottoms" if you'd like a more traditional pasta dish; order stuffed gnocchi, spaghetti, risotto, and more.
Don't leave the Phoenix, AZ, restaurant without trying the Sicilian Dessert Board. It comes with a whole assortment of Italian desserts like cannolis, tiramisu, and sfogliatelle. For even more sweets, check out the Sicilian Bakery next door! Their oversized cannolis are a sight to behold. Whatchya waiting for?
