Sardinian Cuisine

[askra]

I'm going to start this thread on the model of the other ones about Sicilian, North Italian and Central Italian cuisine.

Sardinian cuisine is not well known in the world, except for weird foods like the Cheese with living larvae , which is not either a peculiarity of Sardinia, but it's produced in other regions too.




Panadas or Impanadas

A salted cake stuffed with vegetables, meat, potatoes, etc.

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Seadas

Fried snack filled with melted cheese, served with honey.

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Bitter Honey

It's a honey derived from the strawberry tree.

[alfieb]

I love the fact that you made sure to bury Casu marzu before anyone asked about it.

[askra]

I love the fact that you made sure to bury Casu marzu before anyone asked about it.

yes, i've done it for that reason. ahahah

[askra]

Culurjones

Dumplings filled with mashed potatoes.






Carasau Bread

It is thin and crisp, usually in the form of a dish half a meter wide. It is made by taking baked flat bread (made of durum wheat flour, salt, yeast and water), then separating it into two sheets which are baked again. The recipe is very ancient and was conceived for shepherds, who used to stay far from home for months at a time. Pane carasau can last up to one year if it is kept dry. The bread can be eaten either dry or wet (with water, wine, or sauces).

A similar, yeast-free bread is called carta di musica in Italian, meaning sheet music, in reference to its large and paper-thin shape, which is so thin before cooking that a sheet of music can be read through it.

Remains of the bread were found in archeological excavations of nuraghi (traditional Sardinian stone buildings) and it was therefore already eaten on the island prior to 1000 BC.

The name of the bread comes from the Sardinian word “carasare”, referring to the crush of bread.

It's used for many recipes, but generally is served simply with heated olive oil and salt, and in this case is called Guttiau bread.



Guttiau

[askra]

Casu axedu or Frue


sour fresh cheese




breaded cauliflower leaves




Zurrete
(i have never seen or eaten this food in my life)
It should consist in the boiled stomach of a lamb, filled with its blood, bread crumbs, slices of bread, onion, mint, etc.



Donkey Steak

[askra]

Some traditional cookies and sweets

Some of these sweets are prepared without the use of sugar but with particular ingrendients like the grape must, that is sweet.

Pastissus





Caschettes



Tiriccas



Pabassinas



Pabassinas with nuts


Pabassinas de sapa


Acciuleddi



Pistoccus or Sardinian Savoyards



Gueffus

[Prince Carlo]

Casu Marzu yumm!

[askra]

Snails are commonly eaten

snails with potatoes and spicy sauce:



Snails with tomato sauce:




stuffed snails au gratin:




snails with parsley:

[askra]

Sardinia has a local production of rice so there are some rice based recipe too.

Paella Algueresa


Sardinian Risotto (it's prepared with pork or wild boar sauce)




rice and nuts



risotto al nero di seppia

the black colour is due to the cuttlefish's ink

[amerinese]

Well I just had to read up on what a "strawberry tree" was. That's interesting. I'm sure the honey has a distinctive flavor.