Culurgiones

Culurgiones are associated particularly with Ogliastra in Sardinia. The regional product description gives an elongated shape, closed by pinching the pasta into a seam resembling an ear of wheat. A thin wrapper surrounds a potato-and-cheese filling.^[1]

The documented regional preparation combines boiled, mashed potatoes with Sardinian pecorino, garlic, olive oil, mint and animal fat. The dough includes flour, semolina, egg, water, lard and salt, rolled out and cut into discs. Small amounts of filling are placed in each disc before the edges are pinched shut.^[1]