Pastries

🇦🇺Australia

Hot Jam Donuts

Cinnamon-sugar-coated yeast doughnuts injected with raspberry jam as they leave the fryer, sold hot in paper bags at markets, agricultural shows and laneway windows. The Queen Victoria Market queue is Melbourne's version.

🇨🇿Hořice, Czech Republic

Hořické Trubičky

Hořické Trubičky is a dessert from Hořice, a sweet finish to the local table.

🇺🇸United States

Huckleberry Pie

A Western and mountain-state pie of wild huckleberries, tarter and more intense than blueberries.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Hundred-Layer Pastry

Šimtalapis

A laminated dough pastry with hundreds of buttery layers, introduced to Lithuania by Tatars and modified locally.

🇮🇸Iceland

Icelandic Kringla

Kringla

Pretzel-shaped cardamom pastry brushed with pearl sugar, a traditional Icelandic bake.

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Ichlekli

Türkmen etli çöregi

Minced lamb or beef, onion, and spice are sealed inside dough and baked in a tandyr until the filling stays juicy.

🇲🇹Malta

Imqaret

Diamonds of pastry filled with a spiced date paste and deep-fried, sold hot from carts and kiosks.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Indonesian Pastel

Pastel

Half-moon pastry filled with ragout of vegetables and meat, fried until crispy.

🇮🇪Ireland

Irish Apple Tart

Tartar úll

An Irish apple tart with buttery pastry and Bramley apples, a daily and home classic

🇲🇪Montenegro

Izljevuša

Pita izljevuša

A poured pita: thin batter rather than stretched dough, layered with cheese and baked into something between a pie and a pancake.

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jabukovaca

Jabukovača

Bosnian apple-filled filo pastry.

🇦🇮Anguilla

Jamaican Festival

Festival

Sweetened cornmeal and flour dough rolled into a finger shape and deep-fried until golden — the fixed accompaniment to jerk and fried fish.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Jamaican Patty

Patty

Half-moon of turmeric-yellow flaky pastry filled with heavily seasoned minced beef and scotch bonnet, baked and eaten from a paper bag.

🇬🇮Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Japonesa

A sweet fried doughnut filled with custard-like cream (egg yolks, sugar, cornflour, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon); coated in golden syrup or granulated sugar; the name references Japanese dorayaki cakes; eaten at teatime or as a snack, and also for Hanukkah by the Jewish community.

🇫🇷France

Jausiereine

Jausiereine is a Jausiers pastry made from tender baked dough around a sweet filling, with a lightly browned surface.

🇲🇦Morocco

Jawhara

A Moroccan pastry of crisp phyllo layers filled with almond paste, shaped like a jewel and honey-glazed.

🇦🇫Kabul, Afghanistan

Jelabi

جلبی

Batter piped in coils into hot oil and soaked in saffron syrup, sold by weight from shopfront pans.

🇯🇪Jersey

Jersey Wonders

Des Mèrvelles

Twisted fried dough pastry similar to doughnuts but never filled with jam or coated in sugar; made with flour, butter, sugar, and eggs; traditionally cooked as the tide goes out; a TasteAtlas-listed Jersey specialty.

🇵🇹Portugal

Jesuítas

Jesuítas are Santo Tirso puff-pastry triangles filled with custard and topped with sliced almonds and sugar.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Jidáše

Honey-glazed twisted pastries baked for Maundy Thursday.

🇲🇦Morocco

Kaab el Ghazal (Gazelle Horns)

كعب الغزال

Delicate crescent pastries of almond paste scented with orange blossom inside thin, pale dough.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Kaak Warka

كعك ورقة

Ring of thin dough filled with almond paste scented with geranium water, baked pale and dusted with icing sugar.

🇮🇳India

Kachori

कचौरी

A deep-fried pastry filled with spiced lentils or peas. It is a popular snack across North and Central India.

🇦🇱Albania

Kadaif

Кадаиф

Shredded filo dough wrapped around walnut filling, baked until golden, then soaked in sweet syrup, crispy shredded texture with generous nut filling and good syrup absorption, a beloved dessert.

🇹🇷Erzurum, Turkey

Kadayıf dolması

Kadayif dolmasi, the Erzurum walnut-stuffed kadayif parcel fried and syruped to order, is a distinct regional form sold in its own shops.

🇮🇶Baghdad, Iraq

Kahi

كاهي

Sheets of thin dough layered with clarified butter, baked until crisp, doused in syrup and topped with thick buffalo cream.

🇰🇪Kenya

Kaimati

A coastal Swahili sweet fried dough balls in syrup, a festive and street classic

🇫🇮Finland

Kainuu Berry Pie

Kainuun rönttönen

Rye pie with lingonberries and potato from Kainuu region, EU PGI protected product, a regional specialty.

🇬🇷Crete, Greece

Kaltsounia

Καλτσούνια

Cretan small sweet or savory pies of phyllo filled with mizithra, herbs, or honey. A Cretan specialty, crispy and creamy, a meze or dessert, a regional and festive tradition, a handmade pie.

🇩🇰Denmark

Kanelsnegl (Cinnamon Roll)

Kanelsnegl

A Danish spiral cinnamon roll, soft and sweet with cinnamon, sugar, and butter, a bakery and hygge staple

🇩🇰Denmark

Kanelstang (Cinnamon Stick)

Kanelstang

A Danish long, rectangular pastry with cinnamon, sugar, and butter filling, topped with icing, a bakery classic

🇫🇮South Karelia, Finland

Karelian Pasties

Karjalanpiirakka

Thin rye crust pasties filled with rice porridge or potato, served with egg butter, EU TSG protected, a national icon.

🇨🇿Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Karlovarské oplatky

Karlovarské oplatky is a dessert from Karlovy Vary, a sweet finish to the local table.

🇨🇿Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Karlovarské trojhránky

Karlovarské trojhranky

Karlovarské trojhránky is a dessert from Karlovy Vary, a sweet finish to the local table.

🇵🇱Poland

Karpatka

A Polish cream pie of choux pastry (top and bottom) filled with custard, resembling the Carpathian mountains. A bakery and home dessert, flaky and creamy, a national treat.

🇬🇷Greece

Karpouzopita

Καρπουζόπιτα

A Cycladic sweet bread of watermelon pulp bound with flour, sesame and walnuts, baked in slices — born of using every part of the melon harvest.