Fregula (often written fregola) is a type of
pasta from
Sardinia. It is similar to
North African
Berkoukes,
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Moghrabieh
Couscous ( '; ber, ⵙⴽⵙⵓ, translit=Seksu) – sometimes called kusksi or kseksu – is a North African cuisine, Maghrebi dish of small steaming, steamed granules of rolled durum wheat semolina that is often served with a stew spooned o ...
, and
Israeli couscous. Fregula comes in varying sizes, but typically consists of
semolina dough that has been rolled into balls 2–3 mm in diameter and toasted in an oven.
A typical preparation of fregula is to simmer it in a
tomato-based
sauce with
clams.
Fregula con Vongole
(Fregula with Clams)
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Types of pasta