Most people have never heard of Sardinia, the majestic island situated in the middle of the Mediterranean, surrounded by the emerald green sea.
Sardinia boasts a coastline outlined by splendid beaches and the heart of Sardinia is covered with lush greenery, rocky mountains, and a breathtaking, unspoiled countryside. This picturesque, captivating island is the place I called home for four years and is now my home-away-from-home every summer.
Sardinians are proud of their unique heritage and land, and most of all, their food. Sardinian’s take pride in their authenic cuisine which is not only delicious, but healthy. In fact, it is has been deemed one of the five blue zones in the world. As with any cuisine, there are some rich, over-the-top recipes (such as the ones pictured below) but in general, Sardinia boasts one of the healtiest diets in the world.
Porcetto (Roasted suckling pig)
Zuppa Gallurese-A lasagne type dish, made with Peretta cheese, bread, and meat broth.
Local Sardinian Sweets
Moscardini – Baby squid sauteed in tomato sauce
Formagelle-Sweets filled with ricotta cheese, raisins, and lemon zest
Cazu marzu (Andrew Zimmern can tell you about this one!)
Crostata all frutta
Casiu Furriatu-Peretta cheese, heated and whipped with cream, served with local honey
Grilled fish and gamberi
Local, homemade sausage
Sardinian gnocchi made with a wild boar tomato sauce
Our annual care package; local honey, peretta, formagelle, bottarga (grey Mullet fish roe) and Mirto, a Sardinian liquer made with fresh myrtle berries.
Here are more Blog posts about Sardinia life:
A Stroll Through The Market
Pizza Party, Italian Style
Mare e Monte
Back To The Vacation Grind
Sardinia sounds and looks so much like Trinidad. What an awesome way to spend summer. I’m just a tad bit jealous. 🙂
Hokey smokes, they do all look amazing. Every single one of them!
Oooooooo some unique dishes here!!! Surprisingly they all look pretty tasty! I love trying new cuisines!
Oh! How I would love to be in that water!! The food appears to be nothing short of amazing. I think I will have to visit this place soon!
The water is crystal clear…it rivals the Caribbean and other tourist destinations!
Wow! That food looks amazing! I totally want to travel to Sardinia now!
Well that looks like quite the place to visit. I had black ink pasta before, I would love to try that squid.
I love squid ink pasta…it has such a unique flavour!
Baby squid! Im not sure if I should feel bad about how much I want to eat that dish. LOL!
I know! Sometimes I feel the same way…but they are just so good!
I’ve actually never heard of Sardinian too until now. You are lucky to call that your home. That view of the beach is gorgeous!
I know I am! Most people in fact, have never heard of it! Have you seen other pictures of Sardinia?? It’s just stunning!
I immediately fell in love with the beautiful beach! The water is crystal clear! I would love to see Sardinia and partake in its beauty and mouth watering cuisine!
As everyone does..the beaches are absolutely beautiful!
I went to Italy last year. One of the best trips of my life. I’d love to have had the time to visit Sardenia. It looks beautiful and the food. Oh man the food.
Whereabouts did you go? Yes, the food is amazing!
We went to Rome, Naples, the Imalfi Coast and Pompeii. Dream trip!!
Love that area! I’ve been to Rome 3 times, as well as Naples and Pompeii. I spent a week in the Amalfi Coast…it’s so breathtaking!
Sounds like an awesome place to visit and great culinary! I want to discover Sardinian cuisine too
Wow this sounds like a great place to visit. Some of the foods look amazing but others I think I would have to warm up to before being brave enough to try.
Yes, you probably would! Some of the local dishes are very strange in comparison to North American foods!
I would love to visit Sardinia one day!! Beautiful scenery and amazing food…what more could you ask for?
Exactly!
beautiful place and the food looks great too
I’m a trivia junkie, so I do know where Sardinia is. And after this post, I want to go there in person so I can eat my way around.
Kudos to you! I usually have to explain to people where it is!
I would love trying all of those dishes! I know my kids would be excited to try some new seafood meals for sure.
I could eat fresh seafood every day!
I’ve never had a Sardinian dish. All the food you featured looked delicious. I’ll have to check if there is a Sardinian restaurant in my area.
I have never heard of a Sardinian restaurant, or one that serves traditional Sardinian recipes anywhere outside of the island! If you find one, please let me know where it is!
Oh wow. Looks good. I have not heard of Sardinia cuisine but they look like they sure know how to cook.
Yes, they do!! 😉
You are right, I have never heard of Sardinia, but oh my heck it is beautiful. I would love to dig into the Zuppa Gallurese.
And that’s only ONE picture! Have you googled images…or checked out my other Blog posts? It really is a gem!
TO be honest, I have never heard of sardina or Sardian cuisine! It looks delicious! I would love to try Crotata fruit! It looks yummy!
It is definitely delicious…and unique!
I want to try that moscardini so bad, I love squid and it’s been a while since I have some. Thanks for sharing.
I love squid!! They make is in this spicy tomato sauce..it’s so-ooo good!
My eye is on the sweets – yum! It all looks good. I have heard of Sardinia, yet didn’t realize what a beautiful island it is and all the wonderful Sardinian cuisine.
You HAVE to check out more pics of the island…one does not do it justice!
That all looks so delicious! I’d especially love to get my hands on that squid in sauce. Yum!
All of your photos are mouth watering! I am a big fan of Porcetto and wish I could try some of this today!
I haven’t eaten meat in a few years but I can tell that Sardinian porcetto is like no other-locally raised, and just delicious!
I would be all over that plate of sweets! They look yummy! All the food here looks absolutely amazing!
I know, lol! I always force myself to choose only one…or two! 😉