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{{Short description|Type of pasta}}
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| region           = [[Sardinia]]
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'''''Pillus''''' is a type of [[pasta]] originating in the [[Sardinia]] island, particularly around [[Oristano]].<ref name=Pradelli>Alessandro Molinari Pradelli, ''La cucina sarda'', Newton Compton Editori, 2012 {{ISBN|8854146161}}.</ref> A noodle-like pasta, it is made in thin ribbon strips. A feature of this pasta is that it is kneaded for a long time.<ref name=pastaencyc/> It is cooked in beef (or sometimes sheep) broth and served with [[Pecorino|pecorino cheese]].<ref>Tino Rozzo, ''Cucina Del Paradiso: The Sardinia Kitchen'', p. 30, Xlibris Corporation, 2009 {{ISBN|1441576746}}.</ref><ref name=Ortolani/> In [[Busachi]] the pasta is flavoured with toasted [[saffron]] and ground to a powder.<ref name=Pradelli/>

'''''Lisanzedas''''' is a variant of ''pillus'' (and sometimes named as such) that is oven-baked in layers like [[Lasagna|lasagne]]. The shape of the pasta is large (7 to 8 inches) diameter disks rather than ribbons. It is the meat stew filling and the pecorino cheese that are the common factors rather than the shape of the pasta. A variant of ''lisanzedas'' found around [[Cagliari]] is flavoured with saffron.<ref name=pastaencyc>Oretta Zanini De Vita, ''Encyclopedia of Pasta'', University of California Press, pp. 211-21, 2009 {{ISBN|0520944712}}.</ref> Another variant of this sort from [[Giba, Sardinia|Giba]] is flavoured with [[fennel]].<ref name=Ortolani>Cristina Ortolani, ''L'Italia della pasta'', p. 134, Touring Editore, 2003 {{ISBN|883652933X}}.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Food}}
* [[List of pasta]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.zinnibiri.it/en/wyde_portfolio/pillus-pasta-with-a-goat-meat/ Pillus pasta with goat meat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130030445/https://www.zinnibiri.it/en/wyde_portfolio/pillus-pasta-with-a-goat-meat/ |date=2022-11-30 }}, image of dish from Zinnibiri restaurant, Sardinia

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[[Category:Cuisine of Sardinia]]
[[Category:Types of pasta]]


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