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Brazilian · Desserts and sweets

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Brazilian
Romeu e Julieta — cheese and guava paste
Slices of lightly salted queijo minas cheese paired with sweet guava paste.
5 min active time
Brazilian
Quindim — coconut and egg-yolk custard
Glossy golden coconut custards baked in a water bath and unmoulded over their sugary base.
25 min active time
Brazilian
Paçoca — pressed peanut sweets
Roasted peanuts and sugar finely ground and pressed into crumbly sweets. One portion is one sweet.
10 min active time
Brazilian
Curau de milho — fresh corn pudding
A sweet pudding made by blending and straining fresh corn with milk, then thickening it on the stove.
40 min active time

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American
Pancakes
Fluffy pancakes. Makes 12 pancakes: one serving is one pancake.
30 min active time
French
Waffles
8 buttery waffles: one serving is one waffle.
37 min active time
French
Homemade brioche
Butter brioche, makes 8 portions. Allow time for proving.
40 min active time
French
Plain crêpes
Thin milk crêpes. Makes 12 crêpes: one serving is one crêpe.
35 min active time

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Filipino
Palitaw — coconut-coated sticky rice cakes
Poached glutinous rice flour cakes coated in coconut and sweet sesame.
25 min active time
Filipino
Maja blanca — coconut and sweetcorn pudding
A firm coconut and condensed milk pudding with sweetcorn and toasted coconut.
35 min active time
Filipino
Cheddar puto — steamed little cakes
Little sweet wheat-flour cakes steamed with cheddar in the batter and on top.
25 min active time
Filipino
Biko — brown sugar sticky rice cake
A chewy sticky rice cake bound with coconut milk and brown sugar syrup.
35 min active time

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Served cold
Lemon posset
A silky cream with a bright lemon flavour.
15 min active time
Fruit salad with basil and lime
Seasonal fruit salad with fresh basil, lime and agave syrup.
15 min active time

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Senegalese
Sombi — rice with yogurt and cream
Rice cooked in water, then folded into a cream of yogurt, fromage blanc and evaporated milk.
15 min active time
Senegalese
Mbouraké — crumbly millet with peanuts
Cooked millet mixed with peanut paste, sugar and vanilla for a crumbly texture.
10 min active time
Senegalese
Ngalakh — millet with baobab and peanut cream
Millet couscous and raisins in a cool, tangy baobab sauce thickened with peanuts.
25 min active time
Senegalese
Thiakry — millet with cream and raisins
Steamed millet grains in a yogurt cream scented with vanilla and nutmeg.
25 min active time

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Argentinian
Rogel with dulce de leche and meringue
Thin crisp pastry layers alternate with dulce de leche under an Italian meringue topping.
1 h active time
Argentinian
Chocotorta — chilled chocolate biscuit and dulce de leche cake
Layers of chocolate biscuits dipped in coffee-flavoured milk, with a dulce de leche cream.
25 min active time
Argentinian
Cornstarch alfajores with dulce de leche
Crumbly lemon biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut. One serving is one alfajor.
35 min active time