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Italian Cagliari Style Dogfish | Burrida a Sa Casteddaia
Burrida a Sa Casteddaia (Italian Cagliari Style Dogfish) Burrida a sa casteddaia is the cold dish Cagliari puts at the front of a serious meal, and it is one of the few Italian preparations in which the sauce matters more than the fish. Pieces of gattuccio, the small catshark English speakers call dogfish, are poached, cooled and then buried in a thick paste of pounded walnuts, garlic, vinegar and the livers of the fish itself. Nothing is served hot. Nothing is served the day
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Wine Pairing: Nuragus di Cagliari DOC
Nuragus di Cagliari DOC is a historic Sardinian white wine: dry, fresh, restrained and ideal with seafood, bottarga, fregola and light cheeses.
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Wine Pairing: Girò di Cagliari DOC
Wine Pairing: Girò di Cagliari DOC Girò di Cagliari DOC is a red ranging from dry to sweet, plus liquoroso and liquoroso Riserva whose importance comes from regional identity and practical usefulness at the table. From southern Sardinia and the historic Cagliari wine area, it shows how a local grape or historically coherent group of grapes can create a wine that feels specific without depending on excessive ripeness, oak or marketing prestige. In General, the useful question
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