Supa Cuata Gallurese al Pane Casareccia e Brodo
Gallura, Sardinia
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Origin
Gallura, Sardinia
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Description
The 'hidden soup' of the Gallura area in northern Sardinia: layers of stale homemade bread (alternated with grated Pecorino Sardo and fresh Sardinian pecorino) soaked with lamb or beef broth until completely saturated, then baked in a terracotta dish until the top is golden and the interior is a unified, bread-pudding-like mass. Related to the French soupe à l'oignon gratinée and the Florentine ribollita, but using only bread, cheese, and broth — no vegetables. The technique is radical simplicity.
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The Thread
—Bread soaked in broth, covered with cheese, and baked until golden — the French version adds caramelised onion French
—Stale bread rehydrated in soup and baked — the Tuscan parallel using vegetable rather than meat broth Florentine
—Stale bread layered with fat and liquid, baked until a pudding-like texture is achieved — the savoury application British
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Flavour Context
Lamb broth saturating stale bread and two generations of pecorino, baked until golden and set — the simplest possible expression of Sardinian pastoral culture, extraordinary in its depth
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