Glossary L
La bottarga referring to Oristano's ancient speciality, also known as Sardinian caviar.
La bottarga di muggine refers to a specialty dish of Cagliari, one of the Regions of Sardinia.
La Calentita or Calentita refers to Gibraltar's national dish which is a chickpea pie of Genoese origin. Calentita is included in the food list of the many official receptions in Gibraltar and most of the persons have liked this particular dish very much. The origin of this particular dish is in Liguria and Genoa in Italy.
Moreover, Calentita is actually a pancake of thick size which is made out from chickpea flour and is mixed with water, oil and then it is baked. The lip smacking delicacy of Calentita is made from chick flour. The name of Calentita is derived from the Spanish word which means "warm".
Calentita is usually served hot just after it is taken out of the oven.It can be easily prepared at home using the oven. In the olden days, Calentita was sold in the streets by the vendors. In the streets of Genoa, Calentita, is still being sold during the winter seasons. The vendors selling them on the streets mostly used portable ovens to cook the dish and serve them to the buyers fresh from the oven when it is still warm. Calentita is known by the name of Faina in Argentina.
Calentita has gained so much popularity that it has spread in many parts of the globe. In Nice, France too the equivalent of this dish is prepared.
The cooking influences of Gibraltar include Genoa, Malta and Andalucia
La Dua is the Vietnamese word for Pandan Leaves. It is a
a common southern Vietnam ingredient. They are called comonly called Pandan leaves or Screwpine leaves in English
Pandan leaves (Pandanus latifolius, P. amaryllifolius) look like gladiola leaves. The leaves are narrow, long and pointed at the tip. They have a grassy herb flavor and are usually tied in a knot and added to rice, both long grain and sticky rice during cooking. Cooks, especially Asian cooks also use them in desserts by extracting their liquid, traditionally done by pounding on the leaves and the modern approach is with the use of modern machines (choppers and blenders) for chopping on the leaves
La Goudale refers to a blond old-style beer brewed by Les Brasseurs de Gayant in France during the Middle Ages, Goudale is a lager beer of top fermentation.