Pillus is a type of

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found in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, particularly around

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.Alessandro Molinari Pradelli, ''La cucina sarda'', Newton Compton Editori, 2012 . 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. It is cooked in beef (or sometimes sheep) broth and served with

pecorino cheese Pecorino cheeses are hard Italian cheeses made from sheep's milk. The name "" derives from ''pecora'' which means sheep in Italian. Overview Of the six main varieties of pecorino, all of which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status ...

.Tino Rozzo, ''Cucina Del Paradiso: The Sardinia Kitchen'', p. 30, Xlibris Corporation, 2009 . In

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the pasta is flavoured with toasted

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent i ...

and ground to a powder. Lisanzedas is a variant of pillus (and sometimes named as such) that is oven-baked in layers like

lasagne Lasagna (, also , also known as lasagne, ) is a type of pasta, possibly one of the oldest types, made of very wide, flat sheets. Either term can also refer to an Italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagna alternating with fillings such as ...

. 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 Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

is flavoured with saffron.Oretta Zanini De Vita, ''Encyclopedia of Pasta'', University of California Press, pp. 211-21, 2009 . Another variant of this sort from

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is flavoured with

fennel Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized ...

.Cristina Ortolani, ''L'Italia della pasta'', p. 134, Touring Editore, 2003 .

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Pillus pasta with goat meat
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