Vegetarian Desserts from Around the World, Page 5
A world of desserts that are naturally vegetarian: 221 authentic dishes, each from a real region with its cultural story and dietary swaps built in. Toggle vegetarian on any other recipe and it rewrites itself to match.
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DuckanooKingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · medium · 1 h 10 minSweet spiced cornmeal and coconut tied in banana leaves and boiled, a West African legacy sweet of Saint Vincent.
Duckanoo Guava DuffNassau, Bahamas · medium · 1 h 45 minA boiled sweet dough rolled around ribbons of ripe guava, sliced into spirals and drowned in a warm rum-butter sauce.
Guava Duff Bermuda Rum CakeHamilton, Bermuda · medium · 3 h 20 minA dense, buttery cake soaked in dark Bermuda rum, the island's signature celebration dessert.
Bermuda Rum Cake Coconut TurnoverCastries, Saint Lucia · medium · 2 h 35 minSoft sweet yeasted dough folded around spiced, sticky grated coconut, a Saint Lucian bakery treat.
Coconut Turnover DucanaSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda · medium · 1 h 15 minSweet grated sweet potato and coconut spiced and steamed in banana leaves, a traditional Antiguan treat.
Ducana Thayacha (Andean Frozen Oca)La Paz, Bolivia · easy · 8 h 40 minAn ancient Bolivian altiplano treat: sweet oca tubers boiled with cinnamon, then frozen overnight into a natural ice, sold in the winter markets of La Paz and El Alto.
Thayacha (Andean Frozen Oca) Pan de MuertoPuebla, Mexico · medium · 3 h 55 minThe soft, orange-and-anise scented sweet bread of Dia de los Muertos, shaped with a skull and crossed bones of dough and dusted in sugar, baked to eat and to place on the ofrenda.
Pan de Muerto Calabaza en TachaOaxaca, Mexico · easy · 1 h 15 minPumpkin simmered in dark piloncillo syrup with cinnamon, cloves and orange until deep amber and tender, a pre-Hispanic sweet that is a fixture of the Dia de los Muertos altar.
Anzac BiscuitsVictoria, Australia · easy · 30 minGolden oat-and-coconut biscuits bound with golden syrup, chewy or snappy, a national argument.
Anzac Biscuits Queensland Pumpkin SconesQueensland, Australia · easy · 35 minGolden, pillowy scones enriched with mashed pumpkin, a Queensland institution served warm with butter.
PavlovaCanterbury, New Zealand · medium · 1 h 35 minA cloud of meringue, crisp shell, marshmallow heart, piled with cream and summer fruit. The dessert two nations claim.
Pavlova VakaloloViti Levu, Fiji · easy · 1 h 5 minDense baked cassava under a dark coconut caramel, one of Fiji's oldest sweets, cut into sticky squares.
Vakalolo Fa'ausiUpolu, Samoa · easy · 2 hWarm squares of grated-taro cake folded through a dark, salty-sweet coconut caramel, a Samoan Sunday favorite.
Fa'ausi Saksak (Sago and Banana Dumplings)Highlands, Papua New Guinea · easy · 35 minPearls of sago and sweet banana set in coconut cream, the pudding that turns up at feasts across Papua New Guinea.
Saksak (Sago and Banana Dumplings) Faikakai TopaiTongatapu, Tonga · easy · 35 minSoft boiled dumplings drowned in a thick, dark coconut-sugar caramel, a Tongan after-feast sweet.
Faikakai Topai Sweet Banana LaplapEfate (Port Vila), Vanuatu · easy · 1 h 20 minThe sweet, dessert cousin of Vanuatu's savory national dish: grated cassava and ripe banana bound in coconut cream, wrapped in banana leaves and baked until dense and pudding-like.
Sweet Banana Laplap Pawpaw PokeRarotonga, Cook Islands · easy · 55 minThe orange poke of Rarotonga: ripe pawpaw thickened with arrowroot, baked into a soft pudding and eaten on its own under sweet coconut cream.
Pawpaw Poke Seboseb (Tapioca Coconut Pudding)Ngerulmud, Palau · easy · 30 minA silky Palauan pudding of tapioca starch cooked slowly with sugar and coconut milk until glossy and chewy, served cool.
Seboseb (Tapioca Coconut Pudding) Buatoro (Pumpkin Coconut Cake)Tarawa, Kiribati · easy · 1 h 20 minA moist Kiribati cake of grated pumpkin or swamp taro baked with coconut milk and kamaimai, the islands' dark coconut toddy syrup.
Buatoro (Pumpkin Coconut Cake) Benben in Mokmok (Arrowroot and Coconut Sap Dumplings)Majuro, Marshall Islands · easy · 30 minMarshallese arrowroot simmered with sweet coconut sap into a soft jelly, shaped into little balls and rolled in fresh grated coconut.
Benben in Mokmok (Arrowroot and Coconut Sap Dumplings) Uht Sukusuk (Pounded Banana with Coconut Cream)Palikir, Micronesia · easy · 25 minA Pohnpeian sweet of ripe bananas boiled and pounded to a smooth, sticky mass, crowned with a pour of fresh coconut cream.
Uht Sukusuk (Pounded Banana with Coconut Cream) Nauruan Coconut MousseYaren, Nauru · easy · 2 h 25 minA light, cool Nauruan coconut mousse: coconut milk sweetened and set soft with agar and folded through whipped coconut cream, made for special days.
Nauruan Coconut Mousse Solomon Islands Cassava PuddingHoniara, Solomon Islands · easy · 1 h 5 minA sticky, chewy Solomon Islands pudding of grated cassava baked with coconut cream and sugar, served at weddings and feast days.
Solomon Islands Cassava Pudding Puleleti (Coconut and Coconut Syrup Sweet)Funafuti, Tuvalu · easy · 25 minA chewy Tuvaluan coconut candy, fresh grated coconut cooked down with sweet coconut toddy syrup until thick, sticky and glossy.
Puleleti (Coconut and Coconut Syrup Sweet) LamingtonsQueensland, Australia · medium · 1 h 5 minSquares of vanilla butter sponge dipped in thin chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut.
Afghan BiscuitsCanterbury, New Zealand · easy · 35 minCrunchy cocoa biscuits studded with cornflakes, topped with chocolate icing and a walnut half.
Panipopo (Samoan Coconut Buns)Upolu, Samoa · medium · 2 h 45 minSoft sweet yeast buns baked sitting in a thick, sweetened coconut sauce until golden and sticky.
Dia (Sago and Banana in Coconut Cream)Highlands, Papua New Guinea · easy · 40 minRipe banana and sago wrapped in banana leaves and boiled, then served warm with thick coconut cream, a Central District delicacy.
Talo Tokotokoi (Baked Taro with Coconut Cream)Funafuti, Tuvalu · easy · 1 h 50 minBaked taro broken into chunks and coated in a thick, sweet coconut cream cooked down until glossy, a favourite at Tuvaluan feasts.
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