Pane Carasau

Pane Carasau is the traditional bread of Sardinian shepherds: an incredibly thin and crispy durum wheat flatbread, baked twice in a wood-fired oven, that keeps for months without spoiling. It's also called "carta musica" for its delicate thinness and the sound it makes when you break it.

Its preparation is a communal female ritual requiring at least three women: one kneads, one stretches, and one bakes. The dough is stretched into ultra-thin discs, baked once (when they puff up like balloons), separated into two sheets, and baked again for final crispiness.

It's eaten dry as bread, moistened with water to soften it (Pane Frattau), topped with tomato and poached egg, or in the "Guttiau" version drizzled with oil and salt and finished in the oven.