Here are just a few of the delicious foods Darina Allen tasted in Sicily

On our way to celebrate a very special anniversary with some friends in the foothills of Mount Etna, we snatched an extra few days to rediscover Sicily.

This time we didn’t get to see the Ballaro Street market in Palermo but remember the vibrant, bustling, raucous, daily fruit and veg market from my last visit.

It starts at 5am so get there early for gleaming fish and shellfish, don’t miss the sea urchins, sliced open and ready to eat or the raw shrimps with just a squeeze of lime juice, extra virgin olive oil and maybe a whisper of red pepper.