Editing Sardinia (section)

=== Cuisine ===
{{Main|Cuisine of Sardinia}}
{{see also|Sardinian wine}}
[[File:Pasta e dolci.jpg|thumb|left|A range of different cakes, pastries, meals, dishes and sweets which are common elements of Sardinian cuisine]]

Meat, dairy products, grains and vegetables constitute the most basic elements of the traditional Sardinian diet, along with, to a lesser extent, seafoods such as [[Spiny lobster|rock lobster]] (''aligusta''), [[scampi]], [[bottarga]] (''butàriga''), squid, and tuna.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

[[Suckling pig]] (''porcheddu'') and wild boar (''sirbone'') are roasted on the spit or boiled in stews of beans and vegetables, thickened with bread.
Herbs such as [[Mentha|mint]] and myrtle are used. Much Sardinian bread is made dry, which keeps longer than high-moisture breads.
Those are baked as well, including ''civraxiu'', ''coccoi pintau'', a highly decorative bread and ''pistoccu'' made with flour and water only, originally meant for herders, but often served at home with tomatoes, basil, oregano, garlic and a strong cheese.<ref>Piras, 457, 460.</ref> Traditional cheeses include ''[[Pecorino Sardo|pecorino sardo]]'', ''[[pecorino romano]]'', ''[[casizolu]]'', ''[[ricotta]]'' and the ''[[casu martzu]]'' (notable for containing live insect larvae).

One of the most famous of foods is ''[[pane carasau]]'', the flat bread of Sardinia, famous for its thin crunchiness.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRL47lXOuk8|title = No Reservations- Sardinia|date = 14 September 2009|access-date = 24 October 2015|website = Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations Season 5 Episode 20: Sardinia|last = Bourdain|first = Anthony}}</ref> Originally the making of this bread was a hard process which needed three women to do the job. This flat bread is always made by hand as it gives a different flavor the more the dough is worked. After working the dough it is rolled out in very thin circles and placed in an extremely hot stone oven where the dough will blow up into a ball shape. Once the dough achieves that state it is then removed from the oven where it is then cut into two thin sheets and stacked to go back into the oven.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.theprimalist.com/flavors-of-sardinia-roasted-cheese-bitter-honey/|title = Flavors of Sardinia: Roasted Cheese, Bitter Honey|date = 17 May 2012|access-date = 24 October 2015|website = The Primalist}}</ref>

Alcoholic beverages include many indigenous wines such as [[Grenache|Cannonau]], [[Malvasia]], [[Vernaccia]], [[Vermentino]], various liquors like [[Aguardiente|Abbardente]], [[Grappa|Filu Ferru]] and [[Mirto (liqueur)|Mirto]]. Beer is the most drunk alcoholic beverage; Sardinia boasts the highest consumption per capita of beer in Italy (twice higher than the national average).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2015/07/28/news/birra-la-bionda-che-fa-girare-la-testa-ai-sardi-consumo-record-nell-isola-1.11847280|title=Birra, la bionda che fa girare la testa ai sardi: consumo record nell'isola – Regione – la Nuova Sardegna|date=28 July 2015}}</ref> [[Birra Ichnusa]] is the most commercialized beer produced in Sardinia.