Summer is approaching and it's time to think about where to go to relax and enjoy your holidays. The Sardinia remains one of the most popular destinations and not only for the sea! If you are a fan of Italian gastronomic culture and you love visiting places that can offer you a unique experience of flavors, you certainly can't miss a trip to this wonderful island. Discover the timetables and prices of Tirrenia ferries to Sardinia and discover for yourself the Sardinian cuisine and the many unmissable typical dishes.
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To ensure you are not caught unprepared, we have selected the dishes that cannot be missed in your experience list, which should start with the typical Carasau bread, so well known that it needs no introduction. And don't forget to always look for rustic places and restaurants, to taste the real typical cuisine with rural and peasant origins.
Roast Sardinian Pig
Do you like roast meat? Sardinian piglet It is one of the most traditional dishes of Sardinia, with its roasted meat that is tender and moist on the palate. The peculiarity lies in the fact that each area has its own secret recipe for the preparation, but it seems that the magic touch is given by the cooking vertically for between 3 and 5 hoursThe rind completes this combination of flavours, so much so that the Sardinian pig does not need any other condiments apart from the salt! Sometimes, however, it is flavoured with some myrtle leaves.
Culurgiones from Ogliastra
A first course that must be tasted at least once in a lifetime is the culurgions, handmade ravioli with durum wheat semolina pasta, stuffed with a filling of pecorino e potatoes which is made to stand out by the addition of a pinch of chopped mint. They are usually also prepared with garlic and seasoned with the oil from the browning, depending on the area of preparation.
Culurgiones are originally from Ogliastra and they are recognized by their typical spike-shaped closure. They are also excellent to eat with a simple tomato and basil sauce.
Bottarga
La mullet bottarga It is a typical Sardinian dish that is obtained from mullet eggs, also known as mullet, or TunaThe peculiarity lies in the fact that these eggs are dried when they are still inside the fish ovary sac.
It can be eaten in many ways: sliced with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, grated on a plate of pasta or a salad or spread on croutons, all accompanied by a glass of Vermentino.
4. Sardinian flower
With the brand of DOP excellence, Sardinian flower It is undoubtedly one of the riches of the Sardinian table. It is a type of pecorino cheese which is prepared with the lamb rennet o kid and is characterized by a flavor that combines the spicy, Dolce and salty. If you love cheese, you will definitely fall in love with this one.
5. Sweet Seadas
Choosing a specific dessert in Sardinian pastry is really difficult, because they are all delicious, from Sardinian ladyfingers to the typical and tasty nougat. And yet, the Sardinian dessert par excellence is the Seadas, whose name can change depending on the area you are in. The dessert is a tasty puff pastry which is first stuffed with Sardinian cheese and fried, then it is seasoned with the classic honey from Sardinia. Depending on the location, you can taste variants with different flavours, such as seadas filled with ricotta and orange peel.
Article published on May 16, 2023 - 08:56 pm
