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Spanish rulers introduced tomatoes to Sicily in the 15th Century, but according to Basile, it wasn’t until the mid-19th Century that both sides of the island started adding passata (tomato puree) to the original recipe that came to life under the Arab domination in the Middle Ages. This brought the two coasts’ versions closer together. And when Italy became a nation-state incorporating the Mediterranean island in 1861, the arancino and the arancina officially became a single, representative example of Southern Italian cuisine while maintaining its gender difference in spoken language, Basile explained。

十五世纪时期，西班牙统治者给西西里岛带来了西红柿。十九世纪中叶，岛民把西红柿菜泥加入到中世纪阿拉伯统治时期就已经形成的原始的炸饭团配方，这让两岸的炸饭团的性质更加接近。1861年，包括这个西西里到在内的意大利成为一个现代国家。Arancino和Arancina代表了南部意大利美食，但是在还保留了口语上阴阳性的差别。