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Cuba

Pulpeta

A Cuban meatloaf with ground beef, ham, and hard-boiled eggs, a daily and home classic

Lima, Peru

Pulpo al Olivo

Tender octopus served with Peru's creamy black-olive sauce, a signature Lima-Nikkei plate.

Veracruz, Mexico

Pulpo almendrado (Octopus in Almond Sauce)

An Alvarado, Veracruz preparation of tender chopped octopus sautéed with tomato, onion, garlic, sherry, capers, olives, almonds, and pickled chiles.

Mexico

Pulque

An ancient fermented drink made from the sap of the maguey plant, mildly alcoholic, tart, and slightly viscous.

Norway

Pultost

A Norwegian traditional cheese from Hedmark, made from soured milk with caraway seeds, crumbly and pungent. A regional and traditional specialty, a national and ancient cheese, an acquired and rustic taste, a unique and traditional dairy, a cheese, a delicacy.

Pando, Bolivia

Pululo

A Pando plantain flour drink boiled with milk and cinnamon, thick and lightly sweet, a rare northern Amazonian specialty.

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Pumpernickel

Heavy slightly sweet rye bread from Westphalia, baked at low temperatures for up to 24 hours.

Albania

Pumpkin Byrek

Byrek me Kungull

Sweet pumpkin pie made with filo dough and a filling of cooked pumpkin, sugar, and sometimes walnuts or cinnamon, sweet but not cloying filling with tender pumpkin, an autumn and winter treat.

Laos

Pumpkin Custard

ສັງຂະຫຍາໝາກອຶ

Coconut and egg custard poured into a hollowed kabocha squash and steamed until set, then cut into wedges.

Saint Helena

Pumpkin Fritters

Fratters

Fried batter made from boiled and mashed pumpkin, sugar, flour, baking powder, nutmeg, mixed spice, egg, and dried fruit; a quick Saint Helena snack or dessert known locally as 'Fratters'.

Zambia

Pumpkin Leaves

Chibwabwa

Traditional Zambian dish of pumpkin leaves cooked into a silky stew; sometimes with tomatoes, onions, and groundnuts; a simple relish served with nshima; prepared during special ceremonies; the leaves must be properly cooked; a TasteAtlas-listed must-try; one of the most beloved vegetable relishes in Zambia.

Curaçao

Pumpkin Pancakes

Arepa di Pampuna

Arepa di pampuna; pumpkin pancakes; a sweet Curaçaoan street food treat; seasoned with local spices

Serbia

Pumpkin Pie

Бундевара

Filo layered with grated pumpkin, sugar and cinnamon, sometimes with raisins, baked in a tray and cut into squares dusted with icing sugar.

French Guiana

Pumpkin pone

Poné de citrouille

A traditional dessert cake of pumpkin and coconut in a cornmeal, water, and sugar batter with spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla); baked until golden; a Creole sweet of French Guiana.

South Korea

Pumpkin Porridge

호박죽

A creamy, slightly sweet porridge made with kabocha squash, often topped with sweet rice balls (saealsim), a comforting winter dish.

Saint Helena

Pumpkin Pudding

A baked Saint Helena dessert of cooked pumpkin or butternut squash, flour, sugar, butter, mixed dried fruit, egg, baking powder, nutmeg, and mixed spice; cut into squares and served hot or cold with tea or milk on Sunday afternoons.

Australia

Pumpkin Scones

Light scones enriched with mashed pumpkin for a golden crumb and gentle sweetness; a Queensland teatime institution spread nationally by Florence Bjelke-Petersen's famous recipe.

DR Congo

Pumpkin Seed Pudding

Mbika

A dish made from flour produced by grinding squash seeds; the flour encases the food it's cooked with, creating a wrapping; often prepared in the liboke method, wrapped in banana leaves; the finished dish has a texture similar to blood sausage; listed in Chef's Pencil and Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; a unique Congolese dish; the pumpkin seed pudding of the Congo.

Aruba

Pumpkin Soup

Sopi di Pampuna

Sopi di pampuna; a creamy Aruban pumpkin soup made with West Indian pumpkin (calabas) and salted beef; flavored with annatto seed; a hearty, comforting soup; a staple of Aruban cuisine; a feature of the midday meal; a traditional dish; a popular local favorite.

Vienna, Austria

Punch Cakelets

Punschkrapferl

Small square sponge cake cubes with nougat and jam, soaked in rum and covered in pink icing, a classic Viennese coffeehouse treat, festive and rich.

Poltava, Ukraine

Pundyky

Пундики

Poltava fried dough puffs stuffed with savoury filling, the city's answer to donuts, eaten hot by the paper bagful.

Brunei

Punjung

A named Brunei/Labuan kuih made from rice flour, shaped into a cone and filled with a soft jelly-like centre. The rice-flour cone is a sweet cake, separate from ketupat and other leaf-wrapped rice foods.

Sweden

Punsch Roll

Punschrulle

Marzipan roll with arrack-flavored cream, dipped in chocolate at both ends, a traditional Swedish pastry.

Milan, Italy

Punt e Mes

Milanese bitter aperitif of vermouth and Campari, the name means 'point and a half' (one part sweet, half part bitter). A historic Milanese drink.

Serbia

Pupinova pita

Пупинова пита

Pupinova pita is a walnut-and-cherry rolled pastry associated with Mihajlo Pupin’s birthplace in Idvor.

El Salvador

Pupusas

Pupusa de Queso con Loroco

El Salvador's national dish: thick handmade corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans, chicharrón, or loroco, served with curtido and salsa roja

Maharashtra, India

Puran Poli

पुरणपोळी

A sweet flatbread stuffed with cooked chana dal and jaggery, often flavored with cardamom and served with ghee. Puran poli is the Maharashtrian form of a wider Indian family of regional sweet flatbreads.

India

Puri

पूरी

A deep-fried, puffy whole-wheat bread from North India. It is served at breakfast, festivals, and special meals, often with potato curry or chole.

Japan

Purin

プリン

Japanese crème caramel, a silky steamed custard with a dark caramel sauce, smoother than the French version.

Fiji

Purini

A steamed pudding of flour or cassava with burnt sugar, cooked in a cloth or tin and served with coconut sauce.

Philippines

Purple Bamboo Rice Cake

Puto Bumbong

A purple glutinous rice steamed in bamboo tubes, traditionally sold during Christmas Simbang Gabi masses.

Philippines

Purple Yam

Ube

A vibrant purple yam native to the Philippines, the base of countless desserts, with a distinct, nutty, sweet flavor.

Philippines

Purple Yam Jam

Ube Halaya

A sweet, thick purple yam jam made with condensed milk and butter, the base of many Filipino ube desserts.

Philippines

Purple Yam Rice Cake

Inutak

A purple yam and rice cake from Taguig, with a creamy, dense texture and a caramelized top.

Peru

Purtumute

An Amazonas bean-and-corn preparation served as a hearty regional meal.

Yap State (Western FSM), Federated States of Micronesia

Pusow

Pusow is Yapese banana boiled after grinding and wrapping in betel-nut frond, yielding a dense unsweetened starch.