
Kazakhstan
Chak Chak
Чак-чак
Tatar fried-dough mound tossed in honey and piled like a pinecone, crisp outside and syrup-soaked within; wedding-table centrepiece in Kazan.
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Kazakhstan
Чак-чак
Tatar fried-dough mound tossed in honey and piled like a pinecone, crisp outside and syrup-soaked within; wedding-table centrepiece in Kazan.

Azerbaijan
Sugar syrup crystallises around a string or stick into clear rock candy that is nibbled with tea.

Uzbekistan
Нишалло
A Uzbek whipped egg white and sugar meringue with soap root or licorice, a festive and tea classic

Uzbekistan
Parvarda is an Uzbek sugar pillow candy made with flour and citric acid, with a soft texture that melts on the tongue.

Lebanon
حلاوة طحينية
A dense sesame confection made by working tahini with boiled sugar syrup until it sets into a crumbly, fibrous block.