Fusilli with Squid and Saffron Sauce

It’s easy enough to make fresh pasta, but every Sardinian household has packets of dried pasta in the cupboard as a stand-by for quick meals. When I was a kid, we went to school six days a week, but finished just after 1 p.m., then we’d all race home for a late lunch. Pasta is my brother Cristiano’s favourite food, and Mum would often have a dish of dried pasta with a simple sauce on the table waiting for us after school.

Seafood ragùs like this are popular all over the Italian coas