This medium-small, round, two-color bean has been grown in the vegetable gardens of Polizzi Generosa, in the Madonie Park, for two centuries. The bean’s name, Badda, comes from the dialect word for ball. The ivory beans are spotted with blotches, either pinkish-orange or dark-purple, almost black. The harvest of the green pods, which can be eaten fresh, starts in August, about 60 days after sowing, and depending on the altitude can continue into November. Beans for drying are picked in October and November, before the pods open to let the seeds fall. A flavorful bean, with herbaceous, even briny notes, it has a slight astringency, with hints of chestnut and almond in the finish.
Season
Harvested from August to November and the dried beans can be found year-round.
Production area
Polizzi Generosa Municipality, Palermo Province
Presidium supported by
Sicilian Region
Agriturismo Cuca
di Maria Concetta Muratore
Località Cuca Mulini
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel. +39 340 7839253
agriturismocuca@alice.it
Roberta Billitteri
Via Vitaliano Brancati, 15
Castellana Sicula (Pa)
Tel. +39 340 5624176
ro.billitteri@libero.it
Grazia Sandra Invidiata
Contrada Chiaretta
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel.+39 328 4723440
inv.sandra@inwind.it
www.azagricolainvidiata.com
Francesco Mangialino
Via Garibaldi, 104
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel. +39 328 4841567
fra.mangialino@libero.it
Vincenzo Pagano
Largo Portella delle Piante, 1
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel. +39 329 2145255
fabiola.12@hotmail.it
Antonino Sausa
Contrada Suvarito
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel.+39 328 0389249
nino.sausa@libero.it
Societa Coperativa Buontempo
di Elizabeth Parisi
Contrada San Nicola
Polizzi Generosa (Pa)
Tel. +39 335 8414512
|elizabeth.parisi@icloud.com
Roberta Billitteri
Tel. +39 340 5624176
ro.billitteri@libero.it
Slow Food Presidium Coordinator
Anna Virga
Tel. +39 340 9049741
annavirga@virgilio.it