Pillus

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Pillus
Type Pasta
Place of origin Italy
Region or state Sardinia
Main ingredients Flour, eggs [1]

Pillus is a type of pasta originating in the Sardinia island, particularly around Oristano. [2] A noodle-like pasta, it is made in thin ribbon strips. A feature of this pasta is that it is kneaded for a long time. [1] It is cooked in beef (or sometimes sheep) broth and served with pecorino cheese. [3] [4] In Busachi the pasta is flavoured with toasted saffron and ground to a powder. [2]

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Lisanzedas is a variant of pillus (and sometimes named as such) that is oven-baked in layers like lasagne. The shape of the pasta is large (7 to 8 inches) diameter disks rather than ribbons. It is the meat stew filling and the pecorino cheese that are the common factors rather than the shape of the pasta. A variant of lisanzedas found around Cagliari is flavoured with saffron. [1] Another variant of this sort from Giba is flavoured with fennel. [4]

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  2. 1 2 Alessandro Molinari Pradelli, La cucina sarda, Newton Compton Editori, 2012 ISBN   8854146161.
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  4. 1 2 Cristina Ortolani, L'Italia della pasta, p. 134, Touring Editore, 2003 ISBN   883652933X.