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Away from its famed cerulean seas, Sardinia craggy interior is a twisting maze of deep chasms and impenetrable massifs that shelter some of Europe most ancient traditions.

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canada goose clearance I wasn her first guest, though. Last year, a team of engineers from Barilla pasta came to see if they could reproduce her technique with a machine. They couldn After hearing rumours about a secret Sardinian pasta, Carlo Petrini, the president of Slow Food International, visited this spring. And this summer, British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver stopped by to ask Abraini if she could teach him how to make the dish. After failing for two hours, he threw his hands up and said, been making pasta for 20 years and I never seen anything like this. the secret is right in front of you. It in my hands. filindeu is made by pulling and folding semolina dough into 256 perfectly even strands with the tips of your fingers, and then stretching the needle thin wires diagonally across a circular frame canada goose outlet in an intricate three layer pattern. It so difficult and time consuming to prepare that for the past 200 years, the sacred dish has only been served to the faithful who complete a 33km pilgrimage on foot or horseback from Nuoro to the village of Lula for the biannual Feast of San Francesco. canada goose clearance

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are only three ingredients: semolina wheat, water and salt, Abraini said, vigorously kneading the dough back and forth. since everything is done by hand, the most important ingredient is elbow grease.

Then comes the hardest part, a process she calls, the dough with your hands. When she feels that it needs to be more elastic, she dips her fingers into a bowl of salt water. When it needs more moisture, she dips them into a separate bowl of regular water. can take years to understand, she beamed. like a game with your hands. But once you achieve it, then the magic happens. the semolina reached just the right consistency, Abraini picked up the cylindrical strand to stretch and fold the dough, doubling it as she pressed the heads of the su filindeu into her palms. She repeated this sequence in a fluid motion eight times. With each sweeping pull, the dough became thinner and thinner. After eight sequences, she was left with 256 even strands about half as wide as angel hair pasta. She then carefully laid the strands on a circular base, one on top of another, to form a cross, trimming any excess from the ends with her fingers before repeating the process over and over.

canada goose deals When she formed three layers, she took the base outside to dry in the Sardinian sun. After several hours, the layers hardened into delicate sheets of white razor thin threads resembling stitched lace. Abraini then broke the circular sheets into crude strips and packed them into boxes, ready for the San Francesco feast prior to place them in boiling sheep broth with grated pecorino and offer it as a thick soup to the pilgrims. canada goose deals

canada goose clearance sale one really sure how this ancient tradition started, but it at the heart of the festival, Stefano Flamini, this year prior, told me. there no su filindeu, there no Feast of San Francesco. after more than 300 years in the same matrilineal family tree, these threads of God may need a miracle to survive for future generations. Only one of Abraini two daughters knows the basic technique, and cialis best supply for uk. lacks the passion and patience of her mother. Neither of Abraini daughters have daughters of their own. The two other women in Abraini family who still carry on the tradition are now both in their 50s and have yet to find willing successors among their own children. canada goose clearance sale

is one of the most at risk foods of becoming extinct, in large part because it one of the most difficult pastas to make that exists, said Raffaella Ponzio, head coordinator of Slow Food International Ark of Taste, an initiative that aims to classify and preserve the world most endangered culinary traditions. Of the project 3,844 listed items, no other pasta is made by as few producers as su filindeu making it both the world rarest and most endangered pasta.

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