Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Bread & Pastry

354 dishes.

LaufabrauðPaper-thin rye rounds cut with patterns and fried crisp for ChristmasLavashthin tandoor flatbread, UNESCO-listed; wraps cheese, herbs and khorovatsNorwayLefseSoft potato flatbread rolled with butter, sugar, cinnamon.Liphaphathagriddle-cooked flat cakes, everyday breadLlokumapuffy fried dough eaten with honey, cheese or jamLobianiflatbread filled with seasoned bean pasteSlovakiaLokšeThin potato flatbreads brushed with goose fat, or sweetened.Lolo BunsSoft bread rolls baked sitting in sweetened coconut cream.New ZealandLouise CakeShortcake base spread with raspberry jam under a coconut meringue.LuchiSmall puffed white-flour bread fried in oil, eaten with potato currySwedenLussekattSaffron S-buns with raisins for Saint Lucia.SomaliaMacsharoGround rice and coconut batter baked into a soft sweet cakePakistanMakai ki RotiCoarse maize flatbread patted by hand, cooked on a griddle with butterMakaraFried leavened dough rounds sold at marketsMalawachflaky fried Yemenite flatbread with honey or savory dipsYemenMalawahflaky layered flatbread from the clay ovenYemenMaloojThick soft round bread baked against the wall of a clay mofa oven.Manakishbreakfast flatbread smeared with za'atar-oil or cheese, folded hotVatican CityMaritozzosoft sweet bun split and filled with whipped creamMarquesoteLight cornstarch and egg sponge cake eaten with morning coffeeMarraquetaCrackly-crusted double bread roll, the national daily loafMarraqueta paceñaCrusty twin roll of La Paz, eaten hot with cheese or apiMarshall IslandsMarshallese DoughnutsFried wheat-flour rings sold warm at stores and roadside tables all morningMatnakashSoft oval loaf marked with deep finger-drawn ridges across the top.MattentaartPuff pastry tartlet filled with curdled milk matten and eggMatzahflat unleavened cracker baked fast, eaten through the week of PassoverMchadicrisp cornbread rounds eaten with lobio and cheeseMedialunasSmall glazed croissants, sweeter and denser; café breakfast with coffeeMelonpanSoft bun under a crisp cookie crust scored into a melon pattern.MoroccoMelouiCoiled semolina pancake flattened and griddled in oil, eaten with honey or jamMintumbaSteamed cake of grated cassava and palm oil, sliced from a leaf parcelSaudi ArabiaMishaltatLayered buttery flatbread stretched paper-thin, folded and baked, eaten with honey.TanzaniaMkate wa kumiminaSteamed Zanzibar rice bread, spongy and faintly sweet with coconutMkate wa siniaFermented rice and coconut batter baked into a soft tray cakeTanzaniaMkate wa ufutaFlat sesame-crusted bread from Zanzibar, torn and dipped in curryMkatra foutracoconut-water flatbread enriched with egg, eaten with honey

  • Potato bread

    Flat potato farls griddled then fried, part of an Ulster fry. Ready in 20 min prep and 15 min cooking.…

  • Obi non

    Stamped tandyr bread rounds, never placed upside down. Ready in 30 min prep and 3 hr rising, 20 min baking…

  • Baguette

    Crackling-crusted long wheat loaf bought fresh daily. Ready in 40 min prep and 20 hr including overnight poolish cooking. 3…

  • Ablo

    Steamed sweet fermented rice cakes sold with fried fish. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 12 cakes.…

  • Abolo

    Soft steamed cakes of fermented maize batter, faintly sweet, sold with fried fish. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 25…

  • Achiras

    Crisp cheese biscuits made from achira arrowroot starch, eaten with coffee. Ready in 25 min prep and 20 min cooking.…

  • Agege bread

    Soft sweet white loaf torn by hand and eaten with ewa agoyin or akara. Ready in 30 min prep and…

  • Aish shamsi

    Sun-risen Upper Egyptian sourdough baked in domed clay ovens. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. 4 loaves.…

  • Almojábana

    Soft cheese-and-corn roll, eaten warm with hot chocolate. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 12 rolls. A…

  • Alivenci

    Cornmeal and cheese cakes baked with dill and sour cream. Ready in 25 min prep and 45 min cooking. 8…