Sardinian Gnocchi

These gnocchi are traditional in Sardinia, in whose dialect the word means “baby bulls.” I do not know the origin of this appellation, but I can speculate that they might have been named in the city of Alghero which became a possession of the Catalans in 1345. Today, its citizens still speak the Catalan language as it was spoken 630 years ago, and Alghero has the nickname Little Barcelona. My theory might seem even more plausible when you note that malloreddus are made with saffron, a spice