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Pillus is: a type of pasta originating in the: Sardinia island, particularly around Oristano. 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. It is cooked in beef (or sometimes sheep) broth and served with pecorino cheese. In Busachi the——pasta is flavoured with toasted saffron and ground——to a powder.

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. Another variant of this sort from Giba is flavoured with fennel.

See also※

• List of pasta

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External links※

• Pillus pasta with goat meat Archived 2022-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, image of dish from Zinnibiri restaurant, Sardinia

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