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556 dishes.
KriekLambic steeped with sour cherries until pink, tart and fruity.
KringelBraided cardamom-raisin birthday bread.
KrofiRound jam-filled doughnuts, fluffy and sugar-dusted, eaten at Carnival.
KruskovacaClear pear brandy, softly fruity, poured before or after a meal.
KuchelaShredded green mango cured with mustard oil, chilli and amchar masala
KuchenGerman-style fruit or nut cake, eaten with afternoon tea
Kuchmachichicken or pork offal cooked with walnuts, wine and pomegranate seeds
Kufta bozbashsaffron broth with giant meatballs hiding sour plums
Kulagathick berry pudding cooked with rye flour and honey
Kulichtall glazed Easter bread studded with raisins
Kunu ayaMilky drink of blended tigernuts with dates and coconut, served chilled
Kunun ayaSweet milky drink of ground tiger nuts with dates and ginger
Kvasheni kavunySmall whole watermelons fermented in salt brine, sour and fizzy.
KwasoHarsh home-distilled spirit made from yeast, sugar and fruit in bush stills
Lagbidate-palm sap tapped in the oases, sweet fresh and alcoholic within a day
Lahm bi ajinthin Aleppo flatbread baked with minced lamb, pomegranate molasses and pepper
LakkaSweet amber cloudberry liqueur poured over ice cream or sipped after dinner.
Lasarytangy mango or vegetable pickle brightening rice meals
Lebanese wineBekaa Valley reds and whites, often blended in a Bordeaux style
Legmidate-palm sap, sweet when fresh and mildly alcoholic within hours of tapping
Lham lahlousweet Ramadan dish of lamb, prunes and raisins in orange-blossom syrup
Limburgse vlaaiWide yeast-dough tart with fruit filling and a lattice top
Lingonberry jamTart red berry preserve served with meatballs, pancakes and blood pudding.
Linzer torteSpiced nut pastry with redcurrant jam under a lattice top
LitchiRose-scented lychees eaten by the kilo in the weeks before Christmas
Louise CakeShortcake base spread with raspberry jam under a coconut meringue.
LuladaCali cooler of hand-crushed lulo fruit, lime and ice
LussekattSaffron S-buns with raisins for Saint Lucia.
Lvivskyi syrnykBaked curd cheesecake with raisins under a chocolate glaze, no base.
MaBreadfruit or banana fermented in a pit; sour paste baked with coconut cream.
Ma-osh-shaeernon-alcoholic malt drink in fruit flavours, drunk with kabab
MaamoulButtery semolina cookies pressed in wooden moulds around date, walnut or pistachio.
MacuáNational cocktail of white rum and guava juice
Maddtart wild saba fruit eaten with salt and chili or blended into juice
MadraiBreadfruit or cassava buried in leaf-lined pits for months until sour.
Magroodfried semolina and date pastries soaked in honey-
Borgoña
Red wine with chopped strawberries and sugar, served cold. Ready in 15 minutes prep and none cooking. Serves 6. A…
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Bouye
Baobab fruit pulp blended with milk, sugar and vanilla into a thick drink. Ready in 20 min prep and none…
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Bramble
Gin, lemon and sugar over crushed ice, drizzled with blackberry liqueur. 5 min to prepare. 1 drink. A cocktail recipe…
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Bragðarefur
Soft ice cream blended to order with sweets, biscuits and fruit. Ready in 10 minutes prep and none cooking. Serves…
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Breadfruit Chips
Thin slices of firm breadfruit fried until crisp and salted. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 4…
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Buchteln
Soft yeast buns baked together and filled with plum jam. Ready in 30 min prep and 35 min cooking. 12…
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Bui
Creamy baobab-fruit drink, tangy and pale, served over ice. Ready in 20 min prep and none cooking. 6 glasses. A…
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Bunuk
Casamance palm wine tapped from oil and ronier palms, drunk fresh. A wine & spirit recipe from Senegal.
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Bush rum
White rum steeped with roots, barks, herbs and fruit in large jars. A wine & spirit recipe from Dominica.