Gal Marmilla

The territory of Marmilla is involved in the production of many “typical products”; this definition has a transversal value meaning, indicating:

• PDOs and PGIs  product;
• DOC, DOCG, IGT wines;
• traditional agricultural and food products;

PDOs and PGIs products

Controlled designation of origin and geographical indications are assigned to agricultural and food products which, for their qualitative peculiarity, are tightly tied to their places of production, where they have their historic and cultural roots. In Marmilla it is possible to produce the following PDOs and PGIs products:

• Agnello di Sardegna (Lamb of Sardinia) PGI
• Fiore Sardo (Sardinian Flower) PDO
• Pecorino Sardo (Sardinian hard cheese made from ewe's milk) PDO
• Olio extravergine di oliva (extra-virgin olive oil) PDO – Sardinia
• Carciofo Spinoso di Sardegna (thorny artichoke of Sardinia) PDO within the limits of the following municipalities territories: Furtei, Pauli Arbarei, Segariu, Villamar, Mogoro
• Zafferano di Sardegna (Saffron of Sardinia) PDO within the limits of the following municipalities territories: Turri, Villanovafranca

DOC and IGT wines

DOC wines that can be produced in the LAG area territory:

• Arborea Doc
• Cagliari
• Terralba
• Cannonau di Sardegna
• Girò di Cagliari
• Monica di Sardegna
• Moscato di Sardegna (Muscat wine of Sardinia)
• Nasco di Cagliari
• Sardegna Semidano
• Vermentino di Sardegna

IGT wines that can be produced in the LAG area territory:

• Isola dei Nuraghi (Island of Nuraghs)
• Marmilla
• Tharros 

Traditional products

The expression “traditional products” includes agricultural and food products whose processing, preservation and seasoning methods are well-established in the course of the time, homogeneous within the involved territory, according to traditional rules, for at least twenty-five years of time. 

Soft drinks, distillates and liquors

• Acquavite - filu‘e ferru - file e ferru (Brandy)
• Liquore di cardo selvatico - likori de gureu (liquor of wild thistle)
• Mirto di Sardegna tradizionale (traditional myrtle liqueur of Sardinia)
• Sapa di fico d'india - saba de figu morisca (sapa of prickly pear)

Fresh meat (and pluck) e their preparations

• Capretto da latte (sucker kid)
• Cordula
• Guanciale (lard)
• Musteba 
• Ortau
• Porcetto da latte (sucker piglet)
• Prosciutto di pecora (sheep ham)
• Prosciutto di suino (pig ham)
• Salsiccia sarda (Sardinian sausage)
• Sanguinaccio (black pudding)
• Testa in cassetta (in case head)
• Trattalia - coratella allo spiedo (spit-roast pluck)

Condiments

• Zafferano di Sardegna (Saffron of Sardinia): the production involves only some municipalities such as Turri and Villanovafranca

Cheeses

• Bonassai
• Casizolu
• Casu axedu 
• Casu marzu - formaggio marcio (rotten cheese)
• Casu friscu - formaggio fresco (fresh cheese)
• Formaggio di colostro ovino (ovine beestings cheese)
• Provoletta di latte vaccino sardo - provola – peretta (fresh cheese made in a round shape from Sardinian cow's milk)
• Semicotto di capra (goat half-cooked)

Vegetable products in their natural state or processed 

• Asparago selvatico - ispàrau - sparàu – ipàramu (wild asparagus)
• Cardi selvatici sott’olio - gureu aresti cunfittau - cardu gureu - cardu freu (wild thistles in oil)
• Ciliegia furistera (furistera cherry)
• Cipolla rossa (red onion)
• Finocchietto selvatico (wild fennel)
• Trigu cottu (cooked grain)
• Grano duro varietà Senatore Cappelli (Senatore Cappelli variety hard wheat)
• Mandorle Arrubia (Arrubia almonds)
• Mandorle Cossu (Cossu almonds)
• Mandorle Olla (Olla almonds)
• Mandorle schina de porcu (schina de porcu almonds)
• Mela appiccadorza (appiccadorza apple)
• Melo (apple tree)
  • Melone in asciutto (dry melon) particularly in the following municipalities: Turri, Lunamatrona, Ussaramanna, Tuili, Setzu, Pauli Arbarei.
  • Melone verde (green melon)
  • Olive a scabecciu (“a scabecciu” olives)
  • Olive verdi in salamoia (green pickled olives)
  • Pera Bianca (white pear)
  • Pianta del mirto (myrtle plant)
  • Piru ruspu (ruspu pear tree)
  • Pomodoro secco (dried tomato)
  • Prezzemolo (parsley)
  • Tamatiga de appiccai

Fresh pastas and bakery, confectionery and pastry products

• Amaretto (macaroon)
• Anicini (aniseed biscuits)
• Bianchini (white biscuits)
• Biscotti di Fonni (Fonni biscuits)
• Brugnolusu de arrescotu
• Candelaus
• Caombasa particularly in the municipality of Masullas 
• Carapigna with particular reference to the zone of Tuili
• Caschettas 
• Civraxiu bread
• Coccoi a pitzus bread
• Coccoietto con l’uovo (bread decorated with an egg)
• Copuletas
• Crogoristasa particularly in the municipality of Masullas
• Cruxioneddu de mindua
• Filindeu
• Focacce di ricotta (ricotta cheese focaccias)
• Fregola
• Gallettinas
• Gateau 
• Gnocchetti (small gnocchi)
• Gueffus
• Lorighittas with particular reference to the municipality of Morgongiori
• Malloreddus pasta
• Mandagadas
• Moddizzosus bread
• Orilletas
• Panada, empanada
• Pane con gerda (bread with pork scratching)
• Pane con il pomodoro (bread with tomato)
• Pane d’orzo (barley bread)
• Pane 'e cariga bread
• Pane guttiau bread
• Pani ‘e saba (sweet kneaded with typical Sardinian cooked must)
• Papassinus
• Pardulas
• Pastine di mandorle (almonds cake)
• Piricchittus di forma rotondeggiante (roundish shaped pirichittus)
• Pistiddu
• Pistoccus incappausu
• Pistoccu
• Ravioli dolci ripieni di formaggio fresco acido (sweet ravioli stuffed with fresh sour cheese)
• Raviolini dolci ripieni di melacotogna (small sweet ravioli stuffed with quince)
• Seadas
• Spianata bread
• Tallaniusu particularly in the municipality of Siris
• Tallutzas particularly in the municipalities of Gonnosnò, Baradili and Pompu
• Torrone di mandorle (almonds nougat)

Preparations and particular farming technics of fishes, molluscs and crustaceans

• Bottarga di muggine (mullet processed roe)

Products of Animal Origin (honey, various dairy produces except butter) 

• Abbamele (honey decoction)
• Caglio di capretto (kid rennet)
• Gioddu – miciuratu – mezzoraddu - latte ischidu (fermented milk)
• Latte di capra alimentare - latti de craba - latti e'craba (goat milk)
• Lumache (snails)
• Miele di asfodelo (asphodel honey)
• Miele di cardo (thistle honey)
• Miele di corbezzolo (strawberry tree honey)
• Miele di eucalipto (eucalyptus honey)
• Ricotta di colostro ovino (ovine beestings ricotta cheese)
• Ricotta di pecora o capra lavorata (sheep or goat worked ricotta cheese)
• Ricotta fresca ovina (ovine fresh ricotta cheese)
• Ricotta moliterna (moliterna ricotta cheese)
• Ricotta mustia (smoked ricotta cheese)
  • Ricotta testa di morto - ricotta greca - testa di moro – ricottone (dead head ricotta cheese - Moorish head ricortta cheese - greek ricotta cheese)
  • Ricotta toscanella – ricottone (toscanella ricotta cheese)