Rice ‘polenta’ with sausage sauce and rice with pork, lemon and saffron: Pasta Grannies’ Sardinian rice recipes

Spoons at the ready for 83-year-old Maria’s rustic risotto with pork and saffron, and Rita’s polenta-style rice with a punchy sauce If I were to say “Italian rice”, you might well think “risotto” and “the Po Valley”.

However, these two recipes come from Sardinia, mainly because I wanted to share a few easy, not-laden-with-rules Italian rice dishes. Continue reading...