Sicilian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Northern French wastel, equivalent of Old French gastel, whence modern French gâteau.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡwasˈtɛɖ.ɖa/
  • Hyphenation: guas‧tè‧ḍḍa

Noun edit

guasteḍḍa f (plural guasteḍḍi)

  1. (cooking) a traditional Sicilian bread cake filled with spleen and ricotta

References edit

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “guastedda”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1924

Further reading edit