This risotto is very different from the Northern Italian risotto and is more similar to that of the Spanish paella. This was due to the Spaniards, who ruled for centuries, who lent the most pronounced accents to foods and wines of Sardinia. The traditional foods of Sardinia were always more influenced by the land than the sea mainly due to the fact that Sardinia's coast has always been victim to invasion so the Sardinian people found refuge in the mountainous hinterland of the island. ...