Culurgionis

The ‘culurgionis’ or ‘culingiones’ are local kind of fresh pasta. They look like half-moons made of stuffed pasta, closed in a special way to get the shape of an ear of corn.

The dough is made of flour of bran, eggs, water, lard and salt, while the stuffing is prepared with potatoes and cheese, either ‘pecorino’ or ‘viscidu’ (an acid dried cheese).

The ‘culurgionis’ are only home-made, working the dough by hand. The shape reminds of a drop. All the ingredients used to prepare the ‘culurgionis’ come from the Ogliastrian soil. Once they got boiled in salt water, they are served with tomato sauce sprinkled with ‘pecorino’ cheese.