Malloreddus a small gnocchi-like shell-shaped pasta with a saffron flavoring. Malloreddus are very small ridged balls, dumplings or gnocchi from Sardinia made with corn meal or semolina, with a slit down the middle. They may contain saffron. They are often served with meat or tomato sauce and pecorino, usually with quite spicy sausage, and generally, saffron.
It is also known as gnocchetti sardi, ciciones, cravaos, gnocchi alla sassarese, macarones caidos, vitellini

Malloreddus is an Italian word pronounced "mahl-loh-rehd-doos"

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Other definition:
Malloreddus refers to a typical hard wheat Sardinian pasta served with a tomato and Sardinian sausage sauce.