Japanese Dorayaki with Anko
Two soft Japanese pancakes make each dorayaki, enclosing a filling of anko, a sweet azuki bean paste.
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Indonesian Klepon
Indonesian glutinous-rice sweets filled with palm sugar and coated in grated coconut. This recipe makes approximately 12–14 pieces.
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Samoan Puligi Steamed Pudding
A spiced Samoan pudding made with coconut cream and steamed in a mould inside a covered pot.
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Georgian Pelamushi
A Georgian dessert of grape must thickened with flour and a little sugar. It is cooked until smooth and firms as it cools.
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Sri Lankan Wattalappam
A spiced coconut-milk and palm-sugar custard, baked in a water bath and finished with cashews.
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Mexican tres leches cake
An airy sponge soaked with condensed milk, evaporated milk and cream, then topped with whipped cream.
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Rice kheer
A creamy Indian dessert of rice slowly cooked in milk with cardamom, saffron, raisins, and nuts.
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Polish Pączki
Polish yeasted doughnuts, fried until golden, filled with raspberry jam, and finished with a light glaze.
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Saffron bastani sonnati
Traditional Iranian ice cream with milk, egg yolks, saffron, rosewater, pistachios, and pieces of frozen cream.
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Bangladeshi Chhana Roshogolla
Spongy chhana sweets cooked in light syrup with fine semolina. Makes about 18–20 pieces.
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ANZAC Biscuits
Australian oat and coconut biscuits, baked until golden and made without eggs. Makes 12.
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Egyptian Umm Ali with croissants
An Egyptian dessert of croissants soaked in cinnamon-scented milk, enriched with coconut, almonds, pistachios and raisins, then browned in the oven with cream and brown sugar.
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Lebanese Semolina and Turmeric Sfouf
An egg-free Lebanese cake made with semolina, turmeric, and pine nuts. Bake until golden, then cut into squares or diamonds.
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Samoan Spiced Puligi
A spiced Samoan pudding, darkened with caramelized sugar and baked in a Bundt pan.
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Classic Georgian Pelamushi with Grape Must
A Georgian dessert of grape must thickened with flour and a little sugar. This version follows the documented classic method using wheat flour.
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Turkish Walnut Baklava
A pastry made with layers of filo brushed with clarified butter, filled with walnuts, and finished with a syrup of sugar, water, and lemon.
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Argentinian Rogel Cake
A cake of nine thin, crisp layers filled with dulce de leche and topped with Italian meringue.
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Portuguese arroz doce with egg yolks
Round-grain rice is cooked first in water, then slowly in milk scented with lemon and cinnamon; egg yolks and butter give it a creamy texture.
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Jordanian Cream Warbat
Crisp phyllo pastries filled with thick cream and served with lemon syrup.
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