The Guards Who Came to Petralia

This curiously named Sicilian pie (Guarda-cuvèni di Petralia) is also called focaccia della Madonie. This pastry is not a focaccia as we usually think of it, as a kind of thick seasoned bread or pizza. Rather, it is a short dough pie with a crumbly crust filled with eggs and vegetables. It is unclear what the reference is in the name. Although it is romantic to think that this pie received its name from the Norman guards who arrived in the Sicilian town of Petralia Sottana in