What about history?

Sardinia is the guardian of ancient history, visible sites and reminders of long gone civilizations that span over 5,000 years. From the Ozieri Culture to the Roman Empire, the Giudicato period to the Kingdom of Sardinia. 

In between these, there came others  who  left noticeable reminders on the land, language, culture, products and everyday way of life. Sardinian Carasau bread is one of the oldest bread types, with different variations in other Mediterranean coastal areas. This bread form may have originated with Sardinia's inhabitants pastoral way of life, a families livelihood very much depending on the movement of the flock to different pastoral grazing lands, often for periods that extended over a month. A necessity to creating a daily bread which could last this time and retain its freshness for extended periods, could have been part of a families survival.

From Sardinia's ancient history, handed down from generation to generation, from the beginning of time to present day, Pane Carasau very much is still part of the islands inhabitants daily life.

A bread that whose production was an event itself, the gathering of many households to prepare and produce the provisions for extended periods. A laborious task, the preparation of the dough, the double cooking process, with the end result being an everyday bread that complimented and accompanied each daily meal and was the perfect ingredient for meals away from home.

Tourism in Sardinia has brought new life with visitors introduction to Pane Carasau, served in most restaurants and part of culinary tours of the island, which are helping to create a demand for the product outside the island.

Sardo Pan is taking the process a step forward, combining new technology with traditional recipes moving Pane Carasau towards the markets of the 21st Century.