After years of low-quality Italian restaurants, madrileños are witnessing the resurrection of transalpine gastronomy, thanks to a handful of star-studded newcomers. At the top of most lists is this Sardinian restaurant whose menu is a feast for the eye—extensive, with many dishes not usually found in Italian restaurants—and the stomach. Dinner options include malloreddus (small shell-shape wheat pasta) either with sheep's-milk cheese and black truffle or eggplant and curd cheese; Carneroli rice risottos; and dishes made with spicy Italian pork sausages. Along with the painstakingly selected homemade cheeses, everything here feels more authentic than what Madrid is used to. There's also a good selection of savory and fruity wines from Sardinia and sweet delicacies such as seada, a pastry filled with milk-based curd and a honey made with truffles.
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