The Sardinian language is so different from Italian that it is considered a separate Romance language, not a dialect of Italian.
All I know is that this article made me hungry.
Looks like shredded wheat...............................She ought to contact Nabisco..............................
Interesting type of pasta. It would be fun to try to learn this technique.
That’s amazing.
I like the Corzetti that are stamped with designs. (Those wooden stamps are expensive!)
How about putting the whole process in a video?
When I was younger I would have loved to try it out. But now that Anderson Cooper has weighed in, Olive Garden is plenty good enough for me and my deplorable kin.
Filindeu means “God’s yarns.” It is a ritual pasta typical of Nuoro and the technique for preparing it has been preserved by just one woman in all of Sardinia. The dough is made with durum wheat semolina, water, and a pinch of salt, and must be kneaded for a long time, until its texture becomes very soft. Elasticity is fundamental, and is obtained by moisturising the dough with separately prepared salted water. The exact moment when this should be done cannot be exactly defined: The person kneading the dough must determine it by feel. Small portions of dough are then cut and stretched eight times with the fingers until they turn into very thin yarns, which are later laid in three layers on a wooden tray called fundu, which in the past used to be made of asphodel. Once the layers of pasta are done, they are put out in the sun to dry, turning into a textile-like flake. Now the filindeu is ready to be broken into pieces and put in boiling sheep broth
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They say it’s about 1/2 as thin as angel hair - so cut and stretch angel hair one more time then do the 3 layers of drying as discussed and you pretty much have what they are talking about.
I’m guessing that she feels the hand kneading is required - which it is to get the gluten to where it will allow the stretching so thinly - but that can be done mechanically instead....
The soup or whatever on the page looks really good though.
Simple does not mean easy.
L
Is Oregano the ancient art of pasta folding?
