Ricettario d'Italia

In breve

The dish in short

  • A dough of durum wheat semolina (or soft wheat flour), water, salt and lard, the lard at most a fifth of its weight.
  • No whole egg, butter or oil in the dough: besides the lard, the specification allows only an egg yolk.
  • A filling of fresh sheep's, goat's or cow's milk cheese with grated lemon or orange zest, melted slowly until thick or mixed raw.
  • Two thin sheets round the cheese, each 0.5 mm–3 mm thick, sealed all the way round: 4 cm–18 cm across and 30 g–300 g each.
  • Fried, then covered with honey or sugar and eaten hot.

Il video, Barbagia, Sardegna

Seadas

The video: Sardinian fried cheese pastries with honey

Sardinia's fried pastries of semolina and lard sealed round melted fresh pecorino and lemon zest, eaten hot under honey, and a PGI since 2023. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
8
Hands-on
1 h 27 min
Cooking
8 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 17 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Dissolve the salt in the water2Mix the semolina and water3Work in the lard
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Rest the dough5Cube the cheese, grate the zest6Melt the cheese with the zest
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Spread it on baking paper8Leave it to cool9Cut the cheese discs
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Roll out the dough11Cut the pastry discs12Fill and seal
Photos of steps 13, 14, 15
13Trim the edges14Heat the oil15Fry two at a time
Photos of steps 16, 17
16Drain17Serve with honey

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