Yesterday, at the supermarket, I found culurgiones, or culurgionis, in a plastic tub. I know I should be making these from scratch, but I thought I would try the easy way first.
They didn’t look too bad when I opened the packet.
I made a sauce with chopped onions, garlic, tomatoes, parsley and basil and left it simmering while I cooked the culurgiones. They needed only about 5 minutes in the boiling, salted water, then I drained them and tossed them into the pan with the tomato sauce.
They didn’t taste as good as the ones we had in Sardinia, but I didn’t expect them to. The pasta had plenty of filling.
I promise I won’t cheat next time.
Looks yummy to me!
By: kendrafowler on May 2, 2012
at 4:54 am
The ones we had in Sardinia were delicious.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:56 pm
Oh..Saridina seems to be my kind of place! I think I need to make a trip down there! Thanks to you and Jennifer, for without your blogs, I would not have known about such a beautiful place!
By: kendrafowler on May 3, 2012
at 1:33 am
Sardinia is gorgeous. You certainly need to visit one day.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 3, 2012
at 7:23 am
It’s still a good starting point though – I would happily eat that!
By: James on May 2, 2012
at 5:00 am
They were OK, but not as good as the culurgiones at La Vecchia Costa.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:56 pm
I agree, looks delicious!
By: sheof108names on May 2, 2012
at 6:33 am
I will try to make them myself next time.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:57 pm
They spell them differently on the mainland! Nothing like the real thing, eh?
By: Jennifer Avventura on May 2, 2012
at 6:50 am
The real ones were excellent.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:57 pm
Very cute Debra. They look like they might take a bit of practice from scratch so I understand how you were tempted…
By: janinevasta on May 2, 2012
at 7:42 am
They do look a bit tricky and I have never made pasta.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:58 pm
Cheat on! Those look good and I have never seen them here, I will scour the ambient pasta shelves next time I am in the supermarket 🙂
By: Joanna on May 2, 2012
at 7:47 am
I wonder if you will find them where you are. I had not heard of them before.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:59 pm
I’ll be looking for them in the supermarket! I don’t do much multi step cooking at this stage. I’m a fan of some cheating! Thanks for the tip!
By: Anonymous on May 2, 2012
at 11:09 am
Cheating can be good.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 4:59 pm
Please pass the bowl.
By: aFrankAngle on May 2, 2012
at 11:47 am
I would if I could.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 5:00 pm
I love it!!!! I would do the same! Great post!
By: thirdeyemom on May 2, 2012
at 12:38 pm
It was an easy, quick meal.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 2, 2012
at 5:00 pm
Sometimes, you just have to go this route….it’s ok to cave in to great (prepared) food 🙂 The homemade sauce makes up for it all…
By: Our Kitchen Inventions on May 2, 2012
at 6:04 pm
Sometimes cheating is in order. I won’t tell anyone. I promise. Plus, it looks great.
Hugs,
Kathy
By: Kathryn McCullough on May 2, 2012
at 11:01 pm
They weren’t as good as the real thing, but it was certainly an easy option.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 3, 2012
at 7:22 am
I thought, when I read the first post, that these would be wonderful comfort food, especially for cold, windy and preferably wet days. With a wonderful homemade sauce – I’d say you just took the pragmatic route.
By: Jan on May 2, 2012
at 11:02 pm
I will have a go at making them for you when I return to Brisbane.
By: Debra Kolkka on May 3, 2012
at 7:22 am
Once you have the real stuff nothing compares !!
We have all done it Debra, confession excepted.
Take care x
By: Lorraine Wagner on May 3, 2012
at 7:22 am