Glossary B
Balanced wine refers to a wine whose various flavours are in pleasant harmony
Balbacua refers to one of the dishes in the Philippines, particularly from the Province of Davao which is made from stwed cow's legs which are boiled until the tendons and cow's skin fall off the bone.
Baldana refers to a black pudding, a typical cured sausage from Catalan, Spain which comes in many varieties or types including some that are heavily spiced or have an additional ingredient like onion or rice (Morcilla de arroz, cebolla, arroz y cebolla, etc.). Baldana likewise refers to a kind of sausage stuffed with rice, pork loin, pine nuts and spices, is one of the most typical products of Catalan.
Other Baldana recipes are known nationwide that lead to different names, as in the rich and spicy Baldana de Granada, which comes from Andalusia , but is better known by its Spanish name, Morcilla.
Baldo Rice refers to a variety of rice which has a short, thick grain and is said to be recently derived from Arborio. Baldo Rice is commonly grown in Piemonte and some is exported to the United States. A good producer of Baldo Rice is Principato di Lucedio from the town of Trino.
Many chefs like this variety of rice because it cooks quicker than all others.
The farm called "Principato di Lucedio” rises in Trino, near Vercelli in the Piemonte region of northern Italy. It is located at the site of the Abbey of Lucedio where Cistercian monks introduced the cultivation of rice in the 15th century.
Baldo Rice is also called Riso Baldo.