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Sardinia
An island kitchen of shepherds, semolina pasta, crisp bread and pecorino, with a separate coastal tradition.
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Sardinia (Sardegna) has an island cuisine of its own: inland shepherd cooking with pecorino, roast meat and pane carasau, alongside coastal fishing towns with their own Catalan and Ligurian threads.
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Sardinian Home CookingEveryday cooking across the island.53 recipes
Grandmother-Style Sardinian RecipesHousehold dishes from Sardinian kitchens.13 recipes
Island Food TraditionsDishes that exist mainly on Sardinia.10 recipes
Shepherd & Inland CookingBarbagia roast meat, pecorino and inland food.15 recipes
Coastal SeafoodBottarga, fregola with clams and island fish.10 recipes
Sardinian PastaMalloreddus, culurgiones and fregola.12 recipes
Bread TraditionsPane carasau, civraxiu and island baking.8 recipes
Festival FoodDishes cooked for saints' days and village feasts.7 recipes
Traditional Sardinian SweetsSeadas, pardulas and honey sweets.10 recipes
Heritage Sardinian RecipesLong-documented dishes of Sardinia.6 recipes
Barbagia FoodThe inland cooking of Nuoro and the Barbagia: roast meat, carasau bread, sheep's cheese and mountain soups.8 recipesGallura FoodThe granite north-east: zuppa gallurese, cheese-heavy baking, mountain lamb and Gallura's own pasta.1 recipeCampidano Food TraditionsThe southern plain: malloreddus, saffron, artichokes, fava beans and farmhouse pork.2 recipes
Cagliari FoodCity and lagoon cooking of Cagliari: fregola with clams, burrida, fried fish and the sweets of the capital.3 recipes
Legumes & Vegetable CookingFavata, chickpeas, broad beans, artichokes and the vegetable food of the Sardinian year.7 recipes
Cheese-Based Home CookingPecorino sardo, fiore sardo and fresh sheep's cheese in everyday island dishes.5 recipes
Lamb & Meat TraditionsSuckling pig, lamb, kid and the roast and stewed meat cooking of inland Sardinia.7 recipes
Forgotten Sardinian DishesVillage food still cooked at home in the island's interior and rarely seen elsewhere.10 recipesSub-regions
Cuisines within Sardinia
Sardinia is not one kitchen. These sub-regions cook with their own ingredients, techniques and signature dishes.
BarbagiaShepherd cooking, roast meat and inland bread.Coming soonCagliariFregola, bottarga and southern coastal cooking.Coming soon
CampidanoGrain plains, malloreddus and farm cooking.Coming soonGalluraZuppa gallurese, cheese and northern cooking.Coming soon
Sardinian CoastLobster, sea urchin, bottarga and island fish.Coming soonPopular recipes
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