Desserts & Sweets

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Desserts & Sweets

Ranginak

Ranginak is a sticky date-and-almond sweet from southern Iran, fried in ghee and rolled in cardamom-sesame sugar - a fixture of Hormozgan iftar trays.

Iran · Hormozgan and Bushehr provinces along the Persian Gulf coast - Bandar Abbas, Minab, Qeshm Island

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Gelato Alla Crema

Gelato alla crema is Italy's plain custard gelato, made dense and smooth from milk, cream, sugar and egg yolks.

Italy · Nationwide

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Ikinari Dango

Hand-held grilled rice dumplings on bamboo skewers, brushed with sweet soy glaze - a Japanese festival and hanami snack sold from roadside stalls and eaten on the spot.

Japan · Nationwide Japan (especially Kyoto, Tokyo, and the old Tōkaidō route)

Desserts & Sweets

Imagawayaki

Round Japanese wheel-cake cooked in a heavy cast-iron clam mould, filled with sweet red bean paste and sold at shrine approaches and matsuri stalls.

Japan · Countrywide - strongest in Tokyo, Osaka and shrine towns

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Kamby Arro

A slow-cooked Paraguayan rice pudding simmered in milk with sugar, cinnamon and a touch of lemon zest, served cold in small glasses and shared at patron-saint festivals, family lunches and during Holy Week.

Paraguay · Paraguay (Central, Asunción, Cordillera, Caaguazú, Itapúa - Asunción, Paraguarí, Caacupé, Encarnación)

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Kusa Mochi

Kusa mochi is Japanese mugwort rice cake, green from pounded yomogi leaves, traditionally filled with sweet red bean paste in spring.

Japan · Japan-wide in spring, with distinctive regional styles in Kyoto, Kantō and Sendai

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Moosbeernocken

Austrian Alpine dumplings of quark-potato dough wrapped around whole lingonberries, poached, and rolled in buttered breadcrumbs or cinnamon sugar.

Austria · Eastern and central Austria, especially Carinthia (Kärnten), Styria (Steiermark), Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Burgenland, and the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald)