The following list includes names of famous traditional dishes SARDA (For a list of desserts from Sardinia region see Italy Revisited/List of Desserts by Region).

BREAD AND PIZZA DISHES
o Carta musica, thin bread
o Pane carasau, bread

CHEESE AND EGG DISHES
o Panadas di pecorino, savory pastries with pork, cheese, flavored with mint
o Sebadas, savory or sweet cheese fritters (For recipe see Italy Revisited/Calconi)
o Torta di piselli, cheese, egg and pea mold
o Uova alla Sarda, eggswith garlic and parsley

CORN AND RICE DISHES
o Polenta condita, polenta layered with sausage and cheese
o Risotto alla Sarda, rice with pork, veal and tomatoes
o Risotto all'uso di Sardegna, risotto with tomato sauce


FISH AND SEAFOOD DISHES
o Acciughe ripiene alla Sarda, stuffed anchovies with cheese
o Aragosta al forno, baked lobster with parsley
o Burrida, fish stew
o Calamaretti ripieni, stuffed baby squid
o la Cassola, fish stew
o Monzettas, snail dish
o Muggini arrosti nel sale, mullet roasted in salt
o Riso con Aragosta alla Sardegna, lobster and rice, flavored with tomato puree, basil and honey
o Sardine al finocchio, fresh sardines with fennel
o Trote alla Vernaccia, trout baked with white wine
o Zuppa di arsette, baby clam stew or soup

MEAT DISHES
o Bistecchine di cinghiale, wild boar steaks in a sweet sour sauce
o Coniglio a succhittu, braised rabbit with onion and vinegar
o Cordula/Corda, barbecued skewers of lambs' entrails
o Culurgiones, a kind of ravioli
o Favata, pork and bean stew
o Filetto alla Sarda, beef with anchovies and white wine
o Involtini di maiale al forno, pork slices filled with bread slices and other ingredients
o Malloreddos alla campidanese, sausage, tomatoes and other ingredients flavored with saffron
o Pernici in salsa d'aceto, partridges in caper sauce
o Piccioni in salmi, stewed pigeons
o Pillas, stuffed rolls of beef served in white wine
o Pollo "a Pienu", stuffed chicken
o Pollo al mitto, chicken flavored with bay leaves
o Porceddu/Porcetto, roast suckling pig, cooked with myrtle
o Porcetto, small pig cooked with myrtle
o Puddighino a pienu, roast chicken
o Sa fregula, Sardinian-sytle couscous
o Salmi di coniglio, stewed rabbit
o Spezzatino d'agnello, lamb with egg sauce
o Vitello al vino rosso, veal with red wine

PASTA DISHES
o Culingiones/Culurgiones, a kind of ravioli
o Cullurzones al fomraggio, ravioli-style pasta using Swiss
o Fregula, pasta for soup
o Maccheroni col ragu, macaroni with meat sauce
o Malloreddus, semolina gnocchi with saffron
o Pillas, semolina gnocchi
o Spaghetti al formaggio, spaghetti with cheese
o Spaghetti alla rustica, with anchovies and oregano

SOUP DISHES
o Cavolata, pork and cauliflower soup
o Cassola, fish soup with garlic bread
o Favata, sausage and fava bean soup
o Pane frattau, bread and cheese soup
o Zuppa Sarda, soup made eggs, Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese

VEGETABLE AND SIDE DISHES
o Carciofi ripieni di ricotta, artichokes stuffed with ricotta
o Melanzane alla Sarda, baked eggplants
o Piselli all'uso Sarda, peas with onions and eggs
o Safregula, couscous
o Zucchine e peperoni al forno, baked zucchini and peppers

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