Israel
Bourekas
בורקס
Puff-pastry parcels filled with salty cheese, potato or spinach, sold hot from bakery cases and eaten with a hard-boiled egg and pickles.
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Nablus, Palestine
Knafeh
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.
Israel
Rugelach
רוגלך
Small rolled pastries of yeasted dough around chocolate or cinnamon filling, baked and soaked in sugar syrup while hot.
Israel
Sambusak
סמבוסק
Half-moon of short dough filled with chickpeas, meat or cheese, baked or fried, and sold from Iraqi and Syrian Jewish bakeries.
Israel
Sufganiyot
סופגניות
Deep-fried yeast doughnuts injected with jam or custard and dusted with icing sugar, sold by the million in the run-up to Hanukkah.