Juicy, sweet, and tangy, oranges are, along with lemons, a symbol of the bountiful land our South is. Their colors are those of light and the sun, their scent reminds us of fresh, crisp mornings. When burned on the fire, their fragrant peels spell one word in our hearts: Christmas. 

Sicily is Italy’s largest producer of oranges, with about 1.6 million tons yielded every year, and Italy is the third-largest producer of citrus fruits in the Mediterranean basin, after Spain and Egypt. Their quality is uncontested: lemons from Calabria and oranges from Sicily are the best you can find. We may be biased, but I challenge anyone who’s had a perfectly ripe, fresh orange from the Belpaese to deny how delicious they are!