fellow shepherds are making a dish as old as the surrounding hills, sa ventre. it s a kind of sardinian haggis, and it all starts with another less than conventional ingredient, sheep s blood. the color is incredible. it s incredible because this sheep is one from this morning. so, this is an old recipe? yes, i think it comes from a ritual because all the populations eat blood. pecorino sardo is added to bring a nutty, buttery flavor to the mixture and flatbread gives it body and texture. his hands don t look like someone who works at a computer. they look like someone who milks sheep. someone who works on the land. to balance the meaty richness of the dish, antonio has sourced wild mint from the mountains. smell it. oh yeah. that is very aromatic. yes, very much so. and it s one of the main ingredients.
its capital, cagliari sits on the south coast. for over 5 millennia, its vast harbor has attracted visitors from far and wide who once here often find it very hard to leave. many have stayed to trade here, others to conquer and a few like food writer letitia clark have simply followed their hearts. ciao. ciao. how are you? it s so nice to meet you too. welcome to cagliari. but you came from london. because i fell in love. because you fell in love. with a sardinian. yeah. and then you fell in love with sardinia. yeah, yeah. it s an incredible place and its very under explored. it has an amazingly rich culture and because it s an island, historical methods have been preserved with such kind of tenacity it s amazing. each wave of settlers has
sea, sardinia is so cut off from the rest of the italian peninsular that fellow compatriots joke about it being a mini continent with customs and ideas all of its own. its capital, cagliari sits on the south coast. for over 5 millennia, its vast harbor has attracted visitors from far and wide who once here often find it very hard to leave. many have stayed to trade here, others to conquer and a few like food writer letitia clark have simply followed their hearts. ciao. ciao. welcome. lovely to see you. how are you? it s so nice to meet you too. welcome to cagliari. but you came from london. because i fell in love. because you fell in love. with a sardinian. yeah. and then you fell in love with sardinia. yeah, yeah. it s an incredible place and its very under explored. it has an amazingly rich culture and because it s an island, historical methods have been