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Zambian Doughnuts
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Zambia
Mikate
Zambian doughnut balls; sweet, deep-fried dough; golden and crispy outside, soft and fluffy inside; sold at street stalls and markets; eaten as a snack or with tea; similar to vitumbuwa but sweeter; a popular treat across Zambia; the sweet fritter of the streets.
Zeeland, Netherlands
Zeeuwse bolus
Rolled white bread dough coated in brown sugar and cinnamon, sticky and sweet, a traditional Zeeland bakery specialty.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pita filled with chopped spinach or chard and fresh cheese, rolled and coiled, and the standard order for anyone avoiding meat.
Bulgaria
Зелник
A Bulgarian filo pie filled with cabbage, leeks or sorrel with eggs and sirene cheese, baked into a golden, flaky pastry.
Naples, Italy
Fried choux/dough pastries for San Giuseppe, especially Naples and Rome.
Tyrol, Austria
Zillertaler Krapfen
Thin rye or rye-wheat dough is folded around potato, Graukäse, Topfen, onion, and chives, then fried in hot fat.
Malawi
Malawian banana fritters made from ripe bananas, maize flour, sugar, and a little water, shaped into patties and deep-fried until golden; a popular snack and street food.
Tunisia
زلابية
Batter piped into hot oil in lacy loops, fried crisp and dropped straight into honey syrup, sold by weight in Ramadan.
Syria
زنود الست
Filo rolled around ashta cream, deep-fried and dipped in syrup, then dusted with pistachio.
Iran
زولبیا بامیه
Two fried sweets always sold together: lacy saffron spirals and small ridged fingers, both steeped in syrup.
Luxembourg
A whole cored apple filled with sugar and cinnamon, wrapped in pastry and baked until the fruit steams itself soft inside.
Turkey
A Crimean-Tatar fried pastry of thin dough around minced meat.
North Macedonia
Ѓимиринки
Fried dough strips soaked in syrup or dusted with sugar, made at festivals and family celebrations.
İzmir, Turkey
A round pastry from İzmir filled with rich chocolate ganache, baked until the exterior is golden and slightly crisp. The name 'bomb' refers to its round shape and the explosion of chocolate when bitten into. A popular bakery item and afternoon treat.
Turkey
Sekerpare, the soft syrup-soaked semolina cookie, is a named Turkish dessert sold by weight everywhere.
Turkey
Sobiyet, the cream-filled baklava triangle, is ordered by name at the baklava counter as an alternative to plain baklava.
Štramberk, Czech Republic
Štramberské uši is a dessert from Štramberk, a sweet finish to the local table.
Ohrid, North Macedonia
Ѓомлезе
Thin layered pastry from the Ohrid and Struga lakeside, baked between two heated clay lids buried in embers.