Typical Dishes
North Sardinia’s cooking boasts a great variety of typical dishes which use ingredients such as meats (especially mutton and pig), vegetables and legumes, with olive oil as an essential condiment.
Along with the roasts of suckling pig and lamb from the inland areas, there is the coastal cuisine with seafood dishes. Gallura is noted for its particular dishes, for example “La Zuppa Cuata” made from bread, meat broth and cheese.
The list included in this leaflet represents the most representative typical dishes available in the area.
Soupes and first courses
Gnocchetti
this is probably the most widespread pasta course in sardinia and has many other names in dialect (malloreddus, cigioni etc.) gnocchetti are available ...
Ravioli (Rabioloso)
this is an extremely important dish in sardinian culinary tradition. it has always been a pasta course to eat on special occasions. in this case too, ...
Zuppa con Pane Zichi (Broth with Zichi bread)
this is a typical peasant dish from bonorva and the surrounding villages. dried pasta is substituted by dried zichi (flat bread) which is in fact cook ...
Zuppa Gallurese ("Zuppa Cuata")
this is a typical dish from gallura and consists of a thick soup prepared with dried durum wheat bread soaked in meat broth of various origins (mutton ...
Zuppa di pesce
the most representative are the zuppa catalana from alghero and the zuppa castellanese from castelsardo. as well as curiosities from the inland areas, ...
Zuppa alla Maddalenina
zuppa alla maddalenina is a traditional delicacy from the archipelago of la maddalena and other coastal parts of gallura. it i ...
Meat courses
Roast suckling pig
more than a dish this should be considered a product but when it is roasted slowly on a spit it can be tasted at its best. thi ...
Boiled mutton
a typical dish which originates from a way of consuming animals at the end of their productive cycle. boiled mutton is another symbol of sa ...
Horse and donkey meat
horse meat is habitually eaten in the sassari area. a horse is usually eaten as an adult whereas donkeys are usually young when butchered. ...
Lamb's trotters
a typical dish from the sassari area which consists of lambs feet in a vinegar based sauce. the long and laborious process includes cleaning, washing ...
Fish courses
Lobster alla Catalana
lobster alla catalana or all’algherese is one most famous dishes in the town of alghero. the much loved crustacean is first boiled and serv ...
Lobster alla Castellanese
lobster alla castellanese is a typical dish from the town of castelsardo. it is slightly more elaborate than lobster alla catalana. &n ...
Fish all'Agliata
another dish associated with the town of alghero is fish all’agliata. in this traditional recipe, fish is dressed with garlic, parsley, oil ...
Mussels anc cockles
these are always present in the traditional food of the island’s seaside resorts. some dishes such as cockle soup made with tomato, olive oil, garlic, ...
Side dishes and others
Oven baked aubergines
these are so popular in the sassari area, that they have even inspired a song about their goodness. they are quite easy to prepare: the aub ...
Leaf cabbage
another typical vegetable in the sassari area is the leaf cabbage with which a soup is made using ‘cotechino’ (a spicy sausage), lard and sausage, a v ...
Broad beans
raw broad beans dipped in salt are popular as a raw vegetable or they can be cooked in a saucepan with oil and mint: the variation with diced lard mak ...
Artichokes
artichokes are are products which are cultivated in great quantities and are especially high quality in the valley of the coghinas and near uri and it ...
