A pearl

Small, solid beads of pasta. Pearl pasta is slightly larger than acini di pepe pasta. Also referred to as piombi pasta.

A short grain variety of rice that sticks together when it is cooked. This variety is generally used for commercial product formulations rather than home recipes, converting the rice starch and flour into food binders for fillings, gravies and sauces.

A mild flavored red, white, or yellow skinned onion that will range in sizes of less than or a little more than 1 inch in diameter.

A sugar used for decorating, which consists of large crystals that have been polished to a pearl like sheen.

Whole kernels of barley grain that have had the bran removed and been polished four to six times, which creates a smooth surface and a pearl like finish.