Fregola con le vongole

Fregola is a very old type of pasta from southern Sardinia. The durum wheat semolina is mixed with water, salt and a little saffron in a large wooden bowl. When the dough is well kneaded together, it is rolled out until lots of small grains of different size are formed. The grains are then dried in the sun; they are always cooked in some sort of stock. Fregola is a pasta so important in Sardinian life that the ability to make good fregola – and it is not easy – was considered one of the