Dessert
Madeleines
Madeleines is a distinctive French recipe known for small shell-shaped sponge cakes scented with butter and lemon.
Cakes, pastries, puddings, sweets and celebratory baking.
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Madeleines is a distinctive French recipe known for small shell-shaped sponge cakes scented with butter and lemon.
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Kouign-Amann is a distinctive French recipe known for a Breton laminated pastry layered with butter and caramelised sug…
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Île Flottante is a distinctive French recipe known for poached meringue floating on vanilla custard with caramel.
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Cherry Clafoutis is a distinctive French recipe known for cherries baked in a soft vanilla-scented custard batter.
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Éclairs au Chocolat is a distinctive French recipe known for long choux pastries filled with chocolate cream and glazed…
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Profiteroles au Chocolat is a distinctive French recipe known for choux buns filled with cream and covered in warm choc…
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Tarte Tatin is a distinctive French recipe known for upside-down caramelised apple tart with crisp pastry.
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Crème Brûlée is a distinctive French recipe known for silky baked custard beneath a thin shell of caramelised sugar.
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Kourabiedes is a distinctive Greek recipe known for buttery almond shortbread covered generously with icing sugar.
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Melomakarona is a distinctive Greek recipe known for spiced olive-oil biscuits soaked in honey syrup and covered with w…
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Rizogalo is a distinctive Greek recipe known for Greek rice pudding scented with vanilla, citrus or cinnamon.
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Karydopita is a distinctive Greek recipe known for walnut and spice cake saturated with fragrant syrup.
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Portokalopita is a distinctive Greek recipe known for a syrup-soaked orange cake made with crumbled filo and yoghurt.
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Galaktoboureko is a distinctive Greek recipe known for semolina custard baked in filo and finished with citrus syrup.
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Loukoumades is a distinctive Greek recipe known for small yeasted doughnuts fried until crisp and soaked with honey.
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Baklava is a distinctive Greek recipe known for layers of crisp filo, nuts, butter and fragrant syrup.
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Sicily. It is famous for being more textured and intensely flavoured than an ordinary ice drink while remaining lighter…
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Tuscany, especially Florence. It is famous for an unusual but comforting texture: creamy rice sits inside crisp pastry,…
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Naples and Campania. They are famous for the contrast between tiny crisp-soft dough pieces and sticky aromatic honey.
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Home kitchens throughout Italy. It is famous for being simple, recognisable and adaptable: a buttery, crumbly pastry fr…
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Capri and Campania. It is famous for a texture that sits between cake and torte, with a delicate crust and a rich, fudg…
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Naples and Campania, adapted from a Central European pastry. It is famous for an extraordinary sponge that is light yet…
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Northern Italy, especially Piedmont. It is famous for turning three ingredients into a warm, airy foam with remarkable…
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Sicily, especially Palermo. It is famous for visual extravagance as much as flavour.