In the next article of our Lifestyle blog, we approach you to a gastronomic curiosity. On this occasion we will talk about the rarest pasta in the world .It is a type of pasta that only know how to make three people in the world and therein lies its rarity.
If we want to approach this rare pasta, we must imagine, along with hundreds of other people, on a pilgrimage trip with the only objective to taste the pasta more rare than you have ever tried.
It receives the name of filindeu and is a recipe that dates back more than 200 years, a culinary secret that has passed from generation to generation until arriving to our days, and without moving from the same family.
The rarest pasta in the world is made in Sardinia
The recipe for this strange pasta has been transmitted from mother to daughter in the town of Lula, in Sardinia.Today, only 3 people know how to make this pasta so rare ; Paola Abraini, her niece and her crib.Although it is hard for us to believe it, these are the only people on our entire planet capable of creating this dish consisting of such incredibly thin strands of pasta arranged in an intricate and diaphanous lattice.
The extraordinary thing about the dish is that extremely thin and fine structure that gives the name to the dish Filindeu which literally means "threads of God".
«Angel hairs»
If you are one of those people who enjoy tasting new dishes or original gastronomic creations, we are going to give you clues about what you have to do to get to taste an incredible dish of filindeu.
To start, you should keep in mind that this dish will only have a chance to taste twice a year, at the Fiesta de San Francesco, which is celebrated in May and October .These are the only occasions when women who have the recipe make their pasta available to foreigners and autochthons, anyone who comes to taste it !.
Once you have these dates in mind, you should know that you should travel to the island of Sardinia.Once there you will have to go inland mountains.
But to savor this delicacy as rare as exclusive, do not believe that will make it easy for you.The last stretch of access to the town where these three women who cook it live, you must do it on foot.It is a good 32km walk uphill.A pilgrimage accompanied by hundreds of people who, like you , they go in search of the succulent delicacy whose fame has reached world levels.
The best thing about the trip, apart from the tasting of the filindeu, is that upon your arrival you will find some charming hosts that, in addition to Offer you a bowl with the delicate and tasty filindeu , I give you They go with a foot bath in gratitude for your effort to get there.
Secret or difficulty?
When we say that only three women are able to cook the rarest pasta in the world , we do not say it because everything is part of a rocambolesco secret that these three women have and do not want to share it with anyone who is interested in this recipe.Nothing is further from reality! The reason why this recipe is only known to prepare these three women of Sardinia is because of the difficulty of preparing this pasta.
Paola Abraini, her niece and her crib have never refused to explain the procedure to get filindeu, but the aspiring pasta makers, all those people who have been interested in knowing the recipe, have simply been unable to get it.
And it is not precisely that they are novel or simple aspirants amateurs, in 2016 the very same Jamie Oliver, famous British chef, tried to learn the technique, but gave up after 2 hours without any success .Abraini showed himself very patient to be able to teach Oliver to cook the Filindeu but I just recognized:
"Many people say that I have a secret that I don't want to reveal, but the secret is right in front of you.It's in my hands."
We are more than convinced that by now you have been bitten by the curiosity of trying this exquisite and rare pasta dish.The human being is curious by nature so as soon as we hear about something strange, select and exclusive, we feel unstoppable desire to Be part of the small group that has already tried it.Are you such curious people? Would you do all that pilgrimage trip with the only objective of tasting the rarest pasta in the world? What other curious dishes have you tried and what part of the world are they from? Share with us the most curious recipes of the most intrepid places you have tried, we will be happy to read you !.
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