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Sardinian food in Rome: the dishes to try

Sardinia has a cuisine of shepherds and the sea, unlike any other Italian region. These are the traditional dishes we have been serving since 1977 near the Colosseum, and how to recognise them.

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Sardinian culurgiones with tomato and basil

Culurgiones

The signature ravioli of the Ogliastra area, sealed by hand with a distinctive wheat-ear pleat. The classic filling is potato, pecorino and mint, the version our chef offers among the daily recommendations. On the menu you will also find culurgiones filled with ricotta, spinach, saffron and orange zest, served with tomato sauce (€13).

Malloreddus

Small ridged semolina dumplings, also called Sardinian gnocchetti. The best-known recipe is alla campidanese, with tomato sauce, sausage and pecorino, and that is how we make them (€12).

Fregola with clams

Fregola is a semolina pasta rolled by hand into small beads and toasted in the oven, which gives it a slightly nutty taste. Its classic pairing is with arselle, small clams: a dish that tastes of the sea (€16).

Mullet bottarga

Bottarga is the roe sac of the grey mullet, salted and dried; in Sardinia the most famous comes from the Cabras lagoon. Here you will find it grated over spaghetti with bottarga (€16), with wild-fennel sausage and carasau bread among the starters, or with celery in a fresh salad.

Porceddu

Roast suckling pig is Sardinia's festive dish, traditionally spit-roasted over wood and myrtle. Our porceddu is oven-roasted and served with potatoes (€20).

Seadas and myrtle

To finish, seadas: large fried sweet pastries filled with fresh cheese and drizzled with honey (€7). Among the chef's recommendations there is also myrtle panna cotta, made with the berry behind the island's most famous liqueur.

Sardinian cheeses and wines

Our mixed Sardinian cheeses bring together sheep's cheese cream, Sardinian pecorino and sheep's ricotta with honey; fiore sardo cheese is also served grilled. Two island wines go into the cooking: Cannonau in the beef fillet and Vernaccia with the sea bream. All Sardinian dishes are in the "Sardinian specialties" section of the full menu.

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