Recipe

Malloreddus alla campidanese

Name: Malloreddus alla campidanese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Sarda
Ingredients: 400 g Malloreddus (Sardinian gnocchetti); 300 g Sardinian sausage; 400 ml Tomato passata; 1/2 White onion; 1 bustina Sardinian saffron threads; 80 ml Nuragus white wine; q.b. Aged Sardinian pecorino; q.b. Extra virgin olive oil; q.b. Salt

Sardinian gnocchetti in a sausage and saffron sauce, the signature dish of the Campidano: simple, round and full of character.

First courses Campidano

Prep 15min

Cook 45min

Total 60min

Serves 4

Difficulty easy

Recipe

Ingredients

Serves: 4

Malloreddus (Sardinian gnocchetti) 400 g
Sardinian sausage 300 g
Tomato passata 400 ml
White onion 1/2
Sardinian saffron threads 1 bustina
Nuragus white wine 80 ml
Aged Sardinian pecorino q.b.
Extra virgin olive oil q.b.
Salt q.b.

Recipe

Method

Peel and finely chop the onion. Sauté it in a pan with three tablespoons of oil until translucent.
Remove the sausage from its casing and crumble into the pan. Brown well, then deglaze with the white wine.
Dissolve the saffron threads in two tablespoons of warm water and add them to the sauce.
Pour in the passata, salt to taste and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring now and then.
Meanwhile cook the malloreddus in plenty of salted water. Drain al dente and toss in the sauce for two minutes.
Serve with a generous grating of aged pecorino.