Filindeu Explained

Filindeu (Sardinian: su filindeu) is a rare type of pasta from the Barbagia region of Sardinia.[1] It is made by pulling and folding semolina dough into very thin threads, which are laid in three layers on a tray called a Sardinian: fundu and dried to form textile-like sheets. The dried sheets are then broken into pieces and served in a mutton broth with pecorino sardo cheese. Filindeu is listed on the Ark of Taste.[2]

History

In the 17th century, a Nuorese bandit built a small church in Lula[3] as an ex voto to Saint Francis of Assisi for having been cleared of all charges against him.[4] For centuries since, on the nights of May 1 and October 4 (the feast day of Saint Francis in the General Roman Calendar),[5] pilgrims have travelled there on foot from Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Nuoro.[6] After a walk of several miles, the priors offer arriving pilgrims a dish of the filindeu and mutton soup.[7]

The recipe and making of the pasta for the soup, which is exclusively done by hand, is passed from generation to generation by the women of Lula. In modern times, there are only ten[8] women who know how to make the pasta.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stein. Eliot. 18 October 2016. The secret behind Italy's rarest pasta. 2021-03-20. BBC Food. en.
  2. https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/filindeu-2/ The Ark of Taste | Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
  3. Web site: Italiano . Touring Club . Santuario di S. Francesco di Lula, Lula, localita, Chiesa . 2022-06-08 . Touring Club Italiano.
  4. Web site: Grazia Deledda, op. cit. (PDF), su sardegnadigitallibrary.it, p. 34. URL consultato il 22 marzo 2018. .
  5. Web site: 2015-11-26 . Filindeu e carasau sapori semplici e immortali . 2022-06-08 . www.sardegnaturismo.it . it.
  6. Web site: Il lungo pellegrinaggio a San Francesco di Lula - La Nuova Sardegna . 2022-06-08 . Archivio - La Nuova Sardegna . it . 2022-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608222020/https://ricerca.gelocal.it/lanuovasardegna/archivio/lanuovasardegna/2003/10/04/SN6PO_SN603.html . dead .
  7. Web site: Su Filindeu: l'antica minestra nuorese . 2022-06-08 . Cuore della Sardegna . it.
  8. Web site: Pinna . Alberto . 2016-10-27 . Chi è la custode dei «fili di Dio» La pasta che nessuno sa imitare . 2022-06-08 . Corriere della Sera . it.
  9. Book: Deledda, Grazia . Tradizioni popolari di Nuoro in Sardegna . 2015-02-04 . Indibooks . 978-88-907593-9-0 . it.

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