{"id":63993,"date":"2022-06-09T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/sapore\/los-higos-chumbos-sicilianos\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:37:13","slug":"los-higos-chumbos-sicilianos","status":"publish","type":"sapore","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/es\/sapore\/los-higos-chumbos-sicilianos\/","title":{"rendered":"Los higos chumbos sicilianos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Fruto <strong>s\u00edmbolo de Sicilia<\/strong>, el higo chumbo es la expresi\u00f3n plena de lo que significa vivir en esta tierra: adaptarse a condiciones diferentes y superar espinosas trampas, para luego saborear inesperadas dulzuras.<\/p>\n<p>Lo encontramos por todas partes, retratado en sus llamativos colores entre paisajes t\u00edpicos y carritos coloridos, en la preciada <strong>cer\u00e1mica artesanal<\/strong> de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/caltagirone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltagirone<\/a>, pero tambi\u00e9n en prendas de vestir, en accesorios, en joyas e incluso en muebles creados por dise\u00f1adores de moda muy famosos. No es casualidad que sea un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/souvenir-dalla-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">souvenir perfecto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No todos los higos chumbos son iguales. De hecho, existen tres variedades que se distinguen por el color. La <strong>sulfarina<\/strong>, la m\u00e1s difundida y menos buscada, de caracter\u00edstica pulpa amarillo-anaranjada y de consistencia ligeramente harinosa; la <strong>muscaredda <\/strong>de pulpa blanca, variedad m\u00e1s dulce y crujiente; y, por \u00faltimo, la <strong>Sanguigna<\/strong>, que se distingue por su pulpa rojo-violeta, jugosa y dulc\u00edsima.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de la variedad, hay una gran diferencia de calidad entre la <em>primera floraci\u00f3n<\/em>, que tiene lugar entre mayo y junio, y los llamados <em>retallos<\/em>, es decir, los higos chumbos nacidos de la segunda floraci\u00f3n, en el periodo comprendido entre finales de septiembre y noviembre, m\u00e1s grandes y firmes y con algunas semillas menos en la pulpa.<\/p>\n<p>Los <em>higos chumbos de retallo<\/em> son los preferidos por los sicilianos y se encuentran f\u00e1cilmente en toda la isla, pero los m\u00e1s preciados provienen principalmente de las zonas de <strong>Belpasso<\/strong>, <strong>San Cono<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/militello-val-di-catania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Militello in Val di Catania<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/piazza-armerina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piazza Armerina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52634,"template":"","categories":[1996,2021],"luogo":[2964,2975],"stagione":[2064,2067],"class_list":["post-63993","sapore","type-sapore","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sapori-da-non-perdere-es","category-territorio-es","luogo-catania-es","luogo-etna-es","stagione-otono","stagione-primavera-es"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p>Los or\u00edgenes de la <em>opuntia ficus-indica<\/em>, nombre bot\u00e1nico de las <strong>paleras o chumberas<\/strong>, se remontan al siglo XV, cuando se importaron a Sicilia desde el centro y el sur de Am\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n<p>Sobre todo entre las rocas y los suelos de lava, logr\u00f3 encontrar su h\u00e1bitat ideal en las laderas del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/attrazione\/etna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etna<\/a>, hasta integrarse completamente con el cl\u00e1sico paisaje siciliano.<\/p>\n<p>Durante a\u00f1os se ha considerado un producto com\u00fan y mediocre, quiz\u00e1s debido a la vegetaci\u00f3n espont\u00e1nea de la planta, hasta que, en 2003, obtuvo dos reconocimientos D.\u00a0O.\u00a0P.: el <strong>Ficodindia del Etna<\/strong> (higo chumbo del Etna) y el <strong>Ficodindia de San Cono<\/strong> (higo cumbo de San Cono), lo que confirm\u00f3 su valor y sus altas propiedades nutricionales.<\/p>\n","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Detalles","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"14.7930908\" data-map-lat=\"37.2740528\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Etna&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;Crateri Centrali, 95035 Maletto, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.7534019,&quot;lng&quot;:14.9921694,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_691c4bb2a2d65&quot;},{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Militello in Val di Catania&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;Via Don Mario Ventura, 95043 Militello in Val di Catania, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.277172899999997,&quot;lng&quot;:14.783196800000001,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_691c4bb2a2d66&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n","sottotitolo":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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