swap_horiz Luqaimat Alternatives

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Croissant

A croissant is a laminated, yeast-leavened pastry associated with French baking and recognizable by its curved or straig...

Classic French Laminated Buttery

9.2 Excellent

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Egg Tart (Portuguese)

The Portuguese egg tart, commonly called pastel de nata, is a small pastry filled with egg custard and baked until its f...

Classic Custard Portuguese Flaky

9.2 Excellent

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Kunafa

Kunafa is a syrup-soaked dessert made in several regional forms across the Middle East, especially in the Levant and Egy...

Classic Middle Eastern Cheese Syrup

9.1 Excellent

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Churro

A churro is a fried pastry made by extruding a stiff flour-based dough through a ridged nozzle into hot oil. The resulti...

Classic Spanish Chocolate Cinnamon

8.9 Great

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Strudel

Strudel is a rolled pastry associated with Austrian and other Central European cuisines. It is made by stretching dough...

Austrian Apple Classic Rolled

8.8 Great

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Berliner Pfannkuchen

Berliner Pfannkuchen is a German yeast-raised doughnut fried without a central hole and usually filled with fruit jam. I...

German Classic Fried Doughnut

8.2 Great

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Bombolone

Bombolone is an Italian yeast-raised doughnut that is fried, coated with granulated or powdered sugar, and commonly fill...

Italian Classic Fried Doughnut

8.2 Great

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Baklawa (Algerian)

Algerian baklawa is a layered pastry made from very thin sheets of dough enclosing a filling of ground almonds or other...

Classic Phyllo North African Honey

8.2 Great

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Papanași

Papanași are Romanian cheese pastries prepared in fried and baked forms, with the fried version especially common in res...

Classic Jam Fried Quark

8.2 Great

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Bolo de Berlim

Bolo de Berlim is a Portuguese fried dough pastry adapted from the German Berliner. It is typically sliced horizontally...

Classic Portuguese Fried Doughnut

8.1 Great

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Koeksister

A koeksister is a South African sweet made by frying shaped dough and soaking it in chilled sugar syrup. The version ass...

Classic South African Braided Fried

8.1 Great

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Znoud el Sit

Znoud el Sit is a Levantine sweet made from thin pastry sheets wrapped around ashta, a thick milk-based cream. The rolls...

Classic Cream Filled Lebanese Fried

8.0 Great

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Sfinge

Sfinge, also spelled sfenj, are ring-shaped North African fritters made from a soft, yeasted wheat dough that is stretch...

Seasonal Moroccan Honey Fried

7.8 Good

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Vetkoek

Vetkoek is a South African bread made by deep-frying portions of yeasted dough until browned, producing a crisp exterior...

Classic South African Fried Savory Sweet

7.8 Good

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Lokma

Lokma is a small piece of yeast-leavened dough that is deep-fried until golden, then soaked or drizzled with sugar syrup...

Classic Turkish Fried Syrup

7.7 Good

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Griouech

Griouech is a traditional Moroccan fried pastry made from dough commonly flavored with sesame and shaped into folded, br...

Celebration Moroccan Honey Fried

7.7 Good

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Pestiños

Pestiños are pieces of fried dough associated with Andalusia and other parts of southern Spain. The dough is commonly fl...

Spanish Christmas Honey Anise

7.3 Good

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Pignolata

Pignolata is a southern Italian confection made from small pieces or balls of dough that are fried and assembled into cl...

Italian Sicilian Honey Carnival

7.2 Good

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Roscos de Anís

Roscos de anís are ring-shaped Spanish pastries flavored with anise, often using anise liqueur or aniseed in the dough....

Classic Spanish Ring Anise

7.0 Good

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Kichel

Kichel is a light, crisp Ashkenazi Jewish baked pastry made chiefly from eggs, flour, and a small amount of sugar. The d...

Classic Egg Fried Jewish

7.0 Good