Dessert
613 dishes.
SloveniaMiskeSmall yeast fritters, sometimes with grated apple, rolled in sugar.
MithaiFried dough sticks coated in sugar glaze, made for Hindu festivals
Mkatra siniyaBaked semolina and coconut cake, dense and lightly sweet
MochiChewy pounded glutinous rice cakes, grilled or served in New Year soup
ModakSteamed rice-flour dumpling pleated around a jaggery and coconut fillingMyanmarMont Let HsaungRice dumplings and tapioca in jaggery syrup with coconut cream and iceMyanmarMont Lone Yay BawFloating glutinous rice balls hiding jaggery, made during Thingyan
MooncakeDense pastry filled with lotus-seed paste and salted egg yolk for Mid-Autumn FestivalRomaniaMuceniciFigure-eight dough shapes in sweet walnut syrup or baked with honey.NorwayMultekremGolden cloudberries folded into whipped cream, Christmas dessert.
MustikkapiirakkaBilberry pie eaten with cold milk or vanilla sauce.
MutakiSmall rolled pastries stuffed with walnut and sugar, dusted with icing sugar.
Mysore PakFudgy gram-flour sweet drenched in ghee, cut into porous golden squares
Nam VanSweet coconut milk with banana, tapioca pearls or jackfruit, served warm or icedPalestineNammourasemolina cake soaked in syrup, cut into diamonds with an almond on each
Nan mburuChilled rice pudding mixed with baobab juice and sweetened milk
Nan-e nokhodchiClover-shaped chickpea flour cookies that dissolve on the tongue, scented with cardamom.
Nanaimo barNo-bake layers of chocolate, custard cream, and coconut-crumb baseRussiaNapoleon cakeMany puff pastry layers with custard cream, softened overnight.MauritiusNapolitaineshortbread sandwich with jam under pink icingColombiaNatillaSet custard of milk, panela and cornstarch, eaten with bunuelos
Ngalakhmillet couscous with baobab fruit and peanut cream, shared at EasterSolomon IslandsNgali Nut PuddingFestive taro or cassava pudding studded with rich canarium nutsUzbekistanNishaldaWhite foam of whipped egg white, sugar and liquorice root, eaten with bread.TajikistanNishallowhipped marshmallow-like sugar cream made for Ramadan
Nom Chak KachanSteamed layer cake of rice flour, coconut milk and pandan in green and white bandsLuxembourgNonnefäschtSmall round carnival doughnuts fried and dusted with sugarSeychellesNougat cocoGrated coconut boiled with sugar until sticky, then cut into blocksMoldovaNuci umpluteWalnut-shell biscuits sandwiched with sweetened condensed milk cream.
NuégadosFried yuca or corn fritters soaked in dark panela syrup
Num Plae AiRice-flour balls hiding a lump of palm sugar, boiled and rolled in coconut
Nutmeg ice creamSpice Isle ice cream perfumed with fresh nutmeg
ObleasThin wafers sandwiching arequipe, cheese or jam; plaza sweet
Om Alibaked pastry and milk pudding with nuts, raisins and cream, served bubbling
Omani halwaglossy saffron-rosewater confection stirred for hours in copper vatsSwedenOstkakaWarm baked curd cake served with jam and cream
MithaiFried dough sticks coated in sugar glaze, made for Hindu festivalsMkatra siniyaBaked semolina and coconut cake, dense and lightly sweetMochiChewy pounded glutinous rice cakes, grilled or served in New Year soupModakSteamed rice-flour dumpling pleated around a jaggery and coconut fillingMyanmarMont Let HsaungRice dumplings and tapioca in jaggery syrup with coconut cream and iceMyanmarMont Lone Yay BawFloating glutinous rice balls hiding jaggery, made during ThingyanMooncakeDense pastry filled with lotus-seed paste and salted egg yolk for Mid-Autumn FestivalRomaniaMuceniciFigure-eight dough shapes in sweet walnut syrup or baked with honey.NorwayMultekremGolden cloudberries folded into whipped cream, Christmas dessert.MustikkapiirakkaBilberry pie eaten with cold milk or vanilla sauce.MutakiSmall rolled pastries stuffed with walnut and sugar, dusted with icing sugar.Mysore PakFudgy gram-flour sweet drenched in ghee, cut into porous golden squaresNam VanSweet coconut milk with banana, tapioca pearls or jackfruit, served warm or icedPalestineNammourasemolina cake soaked in syrup, cut into diamonds with an almond on eachNan mburuChilled rice pudding mixed with baobab juice and sweetened milkNan-e nokhodchiClover-shaped chickpea flour cookies that dissolve on the tongue, scented with cardamom.Nanaimo barNo-bake layers of chocolate, custard cream, and coconut-crumb baseRussiaNapoleon cakeMany puff pastry layers with custard cream, softened overnight.MauritiusNapolitaineshortbread sandwich with jam under pink icingColombiaNatillaSet custard of milk, panela and cornstarch, eaten with bunuelosNgalakhmillet couscous with baobab fruit and peanut cream, shared at EasterSolomon IslandsNgali Nut PuddingFestive taro or cassava pudding studded with rich canarium nutsUzbekistanNishaldaWhite foam of whipped egg white, sugar and liquorice root, eaten with bread.TajikistanNishallowhipped marshmallow-like sugar cream made for RamadanNom Chak KachanSteamed layer cake of rice flour, coconut milk and pandan in green and white bandsLuxembourgNonnefäschtSmall round carnival doughnuts fried and dusted with sugarSeychellesNougat cocoGrated coconut boiled with sugar until sticky, then cut into blocksMoldovaNuci umpluteWalnut-shell biscuits sandwiched with sweetened condensed milk cream.NuégadosFried yuca or corn fritters soaked in dark panela syrupNum Plae AiRice-flour balls hiding a lump of palm sugar, boiled and rolled in coconutNutmeg ice creamSpice Isle ice cream perfumed with fresh nutmegObleasThin wafers sandwiching arequipe, cheese or jam; plaza sweetOm Alibaked pastry and milk pudding with nuts, raisins and cream, served bubblingOmani halwaglossy saffron-rosewater confection stirred for hours in copper vatsSwedenOstkakaWarm baked curd cake served with jam and cream-
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Yomari
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Æbleskiver
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Aish el-saraya
Syrup-soaked bread base under thick ashta cream and crushed pistachios. Ready in 30 min prep and 25 min cooking. 8…