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Bagels are the boiled-then-baked New York-Jewish rolls, the dense chewy ring with a glossy mahogany crust that defines…
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Bagels are the boiled-then-baked New York-Jewish rolls, the dense chewy ring with a glossy mahogany crust that defines…

Bienenstich (bee sting cake) is the German bakery classic with the brilliantly-named legend, supposedly invented by…

A soft eggy dough is rolled into 7-8 paper-thin discs (closer to filo than to bread)

Strong bread flour worked with eggs, honey, oil, salt and warm water until the dough is smooth and elastic

A dough rich in toasted sesame seeds, almond, aniseed, cinnamon, orange-flower water, melted butter and a touch of saffron rests for 1 hour

A deeply complex, rich sauce combining charred tomatoes with smoldering chipotle peppers, garlic, and red wine

A batter very similar to American pancake batter but enriched with honey (for the gold colour and slightly chewy…

Feteer meshaltet is the Egyptian layered pastry the country has been baking in clay ovens since pharaonic times, a…

Baklava is the great pan-Mediterranean dessert claimed by every cuisine from Istanbul to Athens, but the Greek version…

Halva is the Middle Eastern tahini fudge, flaky-melting blocks of crystallised sugar syrup whipped into tahini, perfumed…

Halwa tahini is the Iraqi sesame fudge, a flaky-melting block of crystallised sugar syrup whipped into tahini, perfumed…

A simple oil-based cake built around a generous pour of dark honey, brewed coffee for moisture and depth, and a quartet…

Kahi is the Iraqi Friday-morning breakfast pastry, a paper-thin laminated dough fried crisp then dunked briefly in…

Loukoumades are the Greek honey-doughnuts, fluffy yeasted balls fried golden and tossed straight into warm honey syrup…

The filling starts the night before: poppy seeds soak then simmer in milk and cook to a thick paste with honey, butter…

Semolina mixes with melted butter and rests so it absorbs fully, the result is a fragrant, buttery, slightly grainy dough