Breads & Pastries
Flatbreads, loaves and buttery baked goods.
145 dishes
Syrniki
Fried farmer-cheese pancakes for breakfast.
Tamees
Tamees is one of the classic dishes in the flatbread tradition of Saudi Arabia.
Vrtanek
Prekmurje festive plaited bread, an enriched wheat dough shaped into a round loaf with a thick braid, traditionally baked for harvest festivals and weddings.
Aish Merahrah
Sourdough-maize flatbread from Upper Egypt, leavened with fenugreek and baked on clay taboons in Nile-valley towns from Beni Suef to Sohag.
Baghrir
Spongy semolina pancake covered in tiny holes.
Basler Brot
Basler Brot is the dark, sourdough-mixed round loaf of Basel, with a signature cross-shaped crust and a long-keeping rye-wheat crumb.
Bibingka
Coconut rice cake baked in banana leaf at Christmas.
Blini
Thin yeasted pancakes served with sour cream or caviar.
Byrek
Flaky filo pie filled with cheese, spinach or meat.
Calskrove
Semi-hard washed-curd cow's-milk cheese from Jämtland in central Sweden, mild and nutty, a smörgåsbord staple.
Chapati
Soft, blistered Indian whole-wheat flatbread cooked on a tawa, puffed over a flame and torn by hand to scoop dhal, sabzi and yogurt.
Conchas
Sweet bread topped with a crackly shell-patterned crust.
Cornbread
Golden cornmeal bread baked in a cast-iron skillet.
Cornish Pasty
Crimped pastry filled with beef, potato and swede.
Crumpet
Spongy griddle cake riddled with holes for butter.
Erbazzone
Rooted in Italy, Erbazzone is a savoury pie enjoyed for generations.
Festival
Slightly sweet fried cornmeal dumplings.
Flatkaka
A thin, soft Icelandic unleavened flatbread cooked on a dry pan and served warm with butter, smoked lamb, smoked trout, or cheese.
Flia
Layered crepe-like pastry brushed cream by cream.
Hortopita
Filo pie packed with wild greens and herbs.
Idli
Soft steamed rice-and-lentil cakes for breakfast.
Injera
Spongy sour flatbread that doubles as plate and utensil.
Karjalanpiirakka
Rye pastry boat filled with rice porridge.
Mandazi
Lightly sweet East African fried bread, scented with coconut.