Sa Pompia Intrea

Sa Pompia Intrea

Cooking Recipes (Sardinia - Italy)


Ingredients:

• 'Sa Pompia', or 'Citrus monstrous', is a citrus fruit with thick skin, rough and deformed.
  Without knowing the source, if or when it was imported in Siniscola (Sardinia) or if it is an ecotype.
  The fruit, grown from ancient date, can weigh up to 700 grams.
• Honey

Preparation:
Sa Pompia Intrea is a candy, delicious and appreciated, is obtained by grating the outside of the fruit, Sa Pompia, that is neither cedar nor grapefruit, emptied with a spoon and making it boil to remove part of his bitterness.
The fruit, removed the water you boil for at least two hours, a low fire in sugar water or even better in water and honey.
Cooled and then flooded with other honey, you can store in glass jars for several years, without losing any of its features.
It is a candy to eat if possible accompanied by Vernaccia, or dry white wine.