Sri Lankan Kokis
Crisp, lacy, flower-shaped bites made with rice flour and coconut milk, fried using a special mould.
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Polish Makowiec (Poppy Seed Roll)
A Polish sweet yeasted roll filled with poppy seeds, nuts and candied fruit. Makes 8 servings.
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Nigerian Chin Chin
Nigerian fried sweet-dough bites with nutmeg, cut into small squares and browned until crisp.
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Gulab jamun
Ten fried milk-dough balls soaked in a syrup scented with cardamom, cinnamon, saffron, star anise, and rose petals.
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Bolo de rolo
A dessert from Pernambuco made with very thin layers of butter, egg, and sugar dough, rolled successively with guava jam.
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Japanese Taiyaki Filled with Anko
Japanese fish-shaped sweets with a tender, golden batter and a sweet azuki bean paste filling.
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Lebanese Date-Filled Semolina Maamoul
Cookies made with fine and coarse semolina, scented with rose and orange blossom waters, and filled with a cinnamon date paste.
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Senegalese Ngalakh with Millet, Baobab and Peanut
A layered Senegalese dessert with soaked millet as the base and a baobab, peanut and water cream.
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Cuban Guava and Cream Cheese Pastries
Nine puff pastry treats filled with guava paste and cream cheese, baked until golden and crisp.
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Bangladeshi Mishti Doi
A Bengali dessert of concentrated milk, caramelized sugar, and yogurt, fermented until set and served chilled.
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Apple Tarte Tatin
An upside-down French tart of caramelized apples topped with golden puff pastry.
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Indian jalebi
Yeasted batter spirals, fried until golden and crisp, then dipped in saffron syrup.
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Filipino Rice Bibingka with Cheese and Coconut
A Filipino cake made with rice flour, coconut milk, and sugar, baked with cheese and finished with grated coconut.
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South African braided koeksisters
South African braided pastries, fried until golden and dipped in cold cinnamon-and-ginger syrup. Makes about 36 pieces.
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New Zealand Lolly Cake
A no-bake New Zealand sweet made with malt biscuits, butter, sweetened condensed milk and fruit sweets, shaped into a log and coated with coconut.
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Greek Loukoumades
Greek fermented-dough fritters, fried until golden and served with honey, cinnamon, and walnuts.
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Australian vanilla slice
An Australian pastry dessert with crisp puff pastry, thick vanilla custard and passionfruit icing.
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Simple Qatayef with Syrup
Porous qatayef pancakes, cooked on one side and served with ater syrup. This simple version is served without filling.
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Brevas with arequipe
Fresh figs simmered in spiced syrup, rested in the syrup, and filled with arequipe. This version serves 4.
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Georgian Kada
A layered Georgian pastry filled with toasted flour, butter, and sugar, baked until golden.
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