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Lebanon
بقلاوة
Layers of paper-thin phyllo brushed with butter and filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios, baked crisp then drenched in lemon- or rose-scented sugar syrup. One square, cut diamond-small, is the shared Ottoman dessert of the whole eastern Mediterranean.
United Arab Emirates
خنفروش
Traditional saffron and cardamom cakes, soft and spongy like doughnuts, fried or baked, served during special occasions, soft spongy texture with distinct cardamom and saffron aroma and light sweetness.
Nablus, Palestine
كنافة
Sweet cheese pastry with vermicelli-like kataifi dough, soaked in sugar syrup, often topped with pistachios, crispy shredded dough with melted cheese center and proper syrup soaking, a beloved Arab dessert.
Lebanon
سمبوسك
Half-moon pastries filled with minced lamb, onion and pine nuts, crimped shut and fried or baked.