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

For centuries, during the nights of May 1st and October 4th,[3] the rural sanctuary of Francis of Assisi from Lula,[4] built where, in the 17th century, a Nuorese bandit had built a small church as an ex voto for having been cleared of the charges,[5] has been reached by the faithful who set out on foot from the church of the Rosario in Nuoro.[6] Upon arrival, after a walk of several kilometers, the priors offer the pilgrims a hearty dish of soup.[7]

The preparation of pasta for the soup, made exclusively by hand, is handed down by women from generation to generation and in modern times there are few, ten in all,[8] women who keep the once more widespread tradition.[9]

References
  1. Stein, Eliot (18 October 2016). "The secret behind Italy's rarest pasta". BBC Food. Retrieved 2021-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. The Ark of Taste | Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
  3. "Filindeu e carasau sapori semplici e immortali". www.sardegnaturismo.it (in Italian). 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. Italiano, Touring Club. "Santuario di S. Francesco di Lula, Lula, localita, Chiesa". Touring Club Italiano. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  5. "Grazia Deledda, op. cit. (PDF), su sardegnadigitallibrary.it, p. 34. URL consultato il 22 marzo 2018" (PDF).
  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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