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In breve

The dish in short

  • Malloreddus are durum wheat semolina and lukewarm salted water; here a fifth of the dough is coloured gold with saffron.
  • Ropes 5 mm thick cut into 1.5 cm pieces, each rolled under the thumb on a reed basket (su ciuliri) to ridge it.
  • Dried on a floured cloth for three days, in the sun if possible, then cooked moderately al dente.
  • The sausage is browned in olive oil and set aside; garlic, onion and tomato cook in its fat until thick.
  • Bay, basil and Sardinian saffron go in at the end, the sausage last; finished with plenty of grated matured Pecorino Sardo.

Il video, Campidano di Cagliari, Sardegna

Malloreddus alla campidanese

The video: Sardinian ridged semolina gnocchetti with sausage, tomato and saffron

Sardinia's small ridged gnocchetti of durum wheat semolina, made by hand and dried for three days, dressed in the Campidano way with sausage, tomato, Sardinian saffron and grated Pecorino Sardo. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
6
Hands-on
2 h 3 min
Cooking
1 h
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 22 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Warm and salt the water2Mix the dough (cummossai)3Roll and fold three times (ciuexi)
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Roll out and fold until soft5Colour a fifth with saffron6Rest the two doughs
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Roll a rope8Cut the pieces9Ridge each piece on the ciuliri
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Shape the rest11Dry for three days12Brown the sausage
Photos of steps 13, 14, 15
13Set the sausage aside14Soften the garlic and onion15Add the tomatoes
Photos of steps 16, 17, 18
16Simmer until thick17Add the bay, basil and saffron18Return the sausage
Photos of steps 19, 20, 21
19Bring the pasta water to a full boil20Cook the malloreddus21Drain and dress
Photos of steps 22
22Finish with pecorino and serve

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