fermented
696 dishes.
AyibFresh crumbly curd cheese heaped beside stew to cool the berbere heat
AyronChilled salted yoghurt drink thinned with water, sometimes with herbs.
Baek KimchiChili-free white kimchi in clear brine with pear, jujube and chestnut
BagoongFermented fish or shrimp paste, salty and sharp, eaten with mango and pinakbet
BakaFermented sugarcane juice, cloudy and sour, drunk from the pot
Balaw-balawFermented rice and small shrimp turned pink and sour, sauteed before eating
BangchangCloudy home-brewed beer of fermented maize, rice or millet, served warm
BanguiNaturally fizzy fresh palm wine
BankuFermented corn-cassava dough with grilled tilapia and fresh pepper sauce
BasiIlocano sugarcane wine fermented in earthen jars with tree bark and herbs
BekasamFreshwater fish fermented with rice and salt until sour, then fried
BelacanCompressed block of fermented shrimp, toasted before pounding into sambal
BelutakFat beef sausage fermented in its own casing, then fried in thick slices
Ben-saalgaThin sour gruel of fermented pearl millet, drunk warm, often given to small children
Berliner Weisse mit SchussSour wheat beer poured over raspberry or green woodruff syrup
Betsa-betsaCloudy fermented sugarcane juice, sour and low in alcohol
Beyaz peynirbrined white sheep or cow cheese; the core of every Turkish breakfast
Bieno sirenjebeaten sheep cheese from Mariovo, dense and salty
BiezpiensFresh curd cheese eaten with sour cream, honey or new potatoes.
BigosHunter's stew of sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, meats, sausage, prunes.
Bika AmbonYellow honeycomb cake of tapioca and coconut milk, chewy and faintly fermented
BikalgaFermented roselle seeds pressed into dark balls and crumbled into sauces
Bil-bilCloudy red millet beer ladled from clay jars in northern courtyards
Bili-biliSour red millet beer served warm from calabashes
BoboloFermented cassava sticks wrapped in leaves
Bolinhos de mandiocaBalls of grated fermented cassava fried crisp and sold hot in cones
BombóCassava root steeped in water until it ferments, then dried and milled
BordeThick, sour, low-alcohol beer of maize and barley, drunk by the gourdful
Bordeaux wineRed blends of cabernet and merlot from the Gironde, aged in oak.
BorsSour liquid fermented from wheat bran, used to sharpen ciorbă soups.
Bors acruSour bran ferment stirred into zeamă and other soups.
BosouRaw fish or meat fermented with salt and rice in a sealed jar
Bouhezzacheese ripened inside a goatskin, fed daily with fresh buttermilk until sharp
Bounty rumDark blended rum drunk with coconut water or in punch
BozaThick fermented millet drink, faintly sour, sold from dedicated shops.
Bozothick fermented millet or wheat drink, sour and mildly alcoholic-
Ablo
Steamed sweet fermented rice cakes sold with fried fish. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 12 cakes.…
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Aaruul
Rock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders’ travel food. Ready in 40 min prep and 30 min cooking. Makes about 500…
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Abacha
Shredded dried cassava tossed with ugba, palm oil and garden eggs. Ready in 30 min prep and 20 min cooking.…
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Aarts
Thick sour curd paste from skimmed milk, eaten fresh or dried further. Ready in 15 min prep and 20 min…
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Ackawi
Mild brined white cheese, soaked to desalt then melted into pastries. Ready in 45 min prep and 25 min cooking.…
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‘Nduja
Fiery spreadable pork salame red with Calabrian chilli. A charcuterie & cured recipe from Italy.
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Aceto balsamico di Modena
Syrupy aged vinegar from cooked grape must, used by the drop. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 4 hours, for…
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Agbelima
Sour fermented cassava dough, the tangy base worked into banku and akple. A fermented & pickled recipe from Ghana.
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Afitin
Fermented African locust bean seeds, dark and pungent, dropped whole into sauces. Ready in 5 minutes prep and in the…
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Agaran
Thick camel cream skimmed off fermenting chal. A cheese & dairy recipe from Turkmenistan.