Filindeu

Filindeu (Sardinian: su filindeu, "Thread of God") is a rare 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 fundu and dried to form textile-like sheets. The dried sheets are broken into pieces and served in a mutton broth with pecorino 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 Francis of Assisi for having been cleared of all the charges against him.[4] For centuries since, during the nights of May 1 and October 4,[5] pilgrims have travelled there on foot from the foot of the Church of the Rosario in Nuoro.[6] Upon arrival, after a walk of several miles, the priors offer the pilgrims a dish of filindeu and mutton soup.[7]

The recipe and making of the pasta for the soup, which is exclusively by hand, is handed down from generation to generation by women from Lula and in modern times there are just ten[8] women who make the pasta.[9]

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


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