Argentinian criollo pastries
Flaky pastries filled with quince paste and fried until golden. The quantities make about two dozen; the serving count and preparation and frying times are estimates.
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Canadian butter tarts
Ten tarts with a crisp pastry shell and a sweet filling of butter, brown sugar, and egg. Hands-on preparation is estimated at 20 minutes; the dough rests for 30 minutes and the tarts bake for 20 minutes.
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Jamaican Coconut Toto
A tender Jamaican coconut cake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Makes 9 servings.
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American banana bread with walnuts
A moist loaf cake made with ripe bananas and walnuts, with cinnamon and a tender crumb. Makes 12 servings.
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Greek Galaktoboureko
A Greek pie of semolina-and-milk custard wrapped in crisp filo pastry and soaked with lemon syrup.
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Samoan fa'ausi with cassava
A Samoan version of fa'ausi made with grated cassava, coconut cream, brown sugar, and salt. Makes 8 to 12 portions; baking takes 65 to 75 minutes.
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Mozambican Coconut Sweet
A dense, moist coconut cake made with coconut milk and freshly grated coconut.
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Semolina maamoul with dates and olive oil
Lebanese semolina and olive-oil cookies scented with rose and orange blossom water, filled with dates and baked until the bottoms are just lightly golden.
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Nabulsieh knafeh
A Levantine dessert of crisp kataifi filled with melting cheese, drizzled with syrup, and finished with pistachio.
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Fijian Cassava Cake
A baked cake made with grated cassava, ripe bananas, coconut cream, and sugar.
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Bangladeshi steamed bhapa pitha
Bangladeshi rice-flour cakes steamed with a filling of fresh coconut and date-palm jaggery.
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Tunisian Bambalouni
Tunisian doughnuts made from soft, risen dough, fried into rings and coated in sugar.
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Georgian Gozinaki with Walnuts and Honey
A crisp Georgian sweet of toasted walnuts and honey, cut into diamond shapes. This version uses 360 g walnuts, 270 g honey, and a little sugar.
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Australian pavlova
Baked meringue, crisp on the outside and soft inside, topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
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Apple tarte Tatin with shortcrust pastry
An upside-down French tart of caramelized apples, covered with shortcrust pastry and turned out to serve.
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Samoan Fa'ausi (Fa'apapa with Coconut Caramel)
Baked coconut fa'apapa bread, cut into cubes and coated with coconut caramel.
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Flour maamoul with dates and walnuts
Maamoul cookies made with a flour-and-butter dough and filled with dates, walnuts, and citrus aromas. Makes 28.
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South African Melktert
A South African milk tart with a shortcrust pastry shell and a creamy filling of milk, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon.
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Traditional Polish Sernik with Twaróg
Polish twaróg cheesecake with a biscuit base, baked and served chilled.
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Fijian steamed purini
Fijian steamed pudding made with flour, sugar, and coconut cream, flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
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