This is a preview of the content in our Italian Food Decoder app. Get the app to:
  • Read offline
  • Remove ads
  • Access all content
  • Build a list of your own favourites
  • Search the contents with full-text search functionality
  • ... and more!
iOS App Store Google Play

arselle

three clams in one!

A slippery word that some use when they mean telline, some when they mean tartufi di mare. A Sard might use it for vongole too.

The arselle di Marceddì from the lagoons of Arborea near Oristano, in Sardinia, are in the Slow Food Presidium.

Fish & Seafood

Sardinia

Slow Food

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Diego