Malloreddus (Gnocchetti Sardi)
your guide to making this traditional Sardinian pasta
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I love making fresh pasta, and I’m always trying to convince people how easy and genuinely enjoyable it is. Of course, I also really love eating pasta, which helps keep the motivation strong.
Malloreddus is one of my new favorite shapes to make because it doesn’t require any special tools. You simply press and shape the dough with your thumb. I used an old wooden sushi mat to get those classic ridges, it’s a great substitute for the traditional woven basket (su ciuliri), but you can just as easily use the back of a cheese grater, a gnocchi board, or any textured surface you have around. I’ve even used the base of a glass tumbler to create the pattern (you’ll see some photos of that below), and it worked great.
This time, I served the malloreddus with a cherry tomato butter sauce. The traditional Sardinian version (Malloreddus alla Campidanese) is made with a delicious sausage ragù, and that one’s definitely next on my list…
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