Filindeu

Filindeu in broth

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 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 person accused of banditry 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 the 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 2016, it was noted that there were only ten[8] women who knew how to make the pasta.[9] In 2026, the figure was reported as a "handful."[10]

See also

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). Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. 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.
  10. ^ Goulding, Matt. "Pasta Worthy of a Pilgrimage". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2026.


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