Filindeu

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Filindeu is a rare type of pasta from the Barbagia region of Sardinia. 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 then broken into pieces and served in a mutton broth with pecorino sardo cheese. Filindeu is listed on the Ark of Taste. In the 17th century, a Nuorese bandit built a small church in Lula as an ex voto to Saint Francis of Assisi for having been cleared of all charges against him. For centuries since, on the nights of May 1 and October 4 (the feast day of Saint Francis in the General Roman Calendar), pilgrims have travelled there on foot from Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Nuoro. After a walk of several miles, the priors offer arriving pilgrims a dish of the filindeu and mutton soup.

Source: Wikipedia