While focaccia is most closely associated with Liguria,  various iterations of the beloved flatbread stud the peninsula…and a few miles beyond – here's a look at three that are native to Sicily.  

The nuns invented it

Palermo's sfincione is one of the Sicilian capital's must-eat street foods. A pizza by the slice of sorts, sfincione has humble origins, starting as a simple attempt to enhance plain bread, or pane schittu, for Christmas.