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Abgoosht
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Abgoosht

Abgoosht is a traditional Persian lamb, chickpea, white-bean, tomato and potato stew served first as broth and then m…

3 hrMainIranian
Aborrajados
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Aborrajados

Aborrajados is Valle del Cauca-style ripe plantain fritters filled with melting cheese, battered and fried until deep…

40 minsStarterColombian
Ackee and Saltfish
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Ackee and Saltfish

Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica’s national dish of buttery ackee folded with salt cod, onion, tomato, sweet pepper and…

45 minsMainJamaican
Açorda à Alentejana
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Açorda à Alentejana

Açorda à Alentejana is a classic Portuguese main course built around comforting flavour, cultural heritage and the ki…

30 minsMainPortuguese
Adana Kebabı
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Adana Kebabı

Adana Kebabı is hand-minced lamb kebab seasoned with chilli and grilled on broad skewers.

50 minsMainTurkish
Adjaruli Khachapuri
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Adjaruli Khachapuri

Adjaruli Khachapuri is the iconic boat-shaped Georgian cheese bread from Adjara, finished with egg yolk and butter to…

2 hr 25 minsMainGeorgian
Agnolotti del Plin
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Agnolotti del Plin

Agnolotti del Plin is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Piedmont. They are famous for their tiny size and…

2 hr 25 minsMainItalian
Ajiaco Santafereño
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Ajiaco Santafereño

Ajiaco Santafereño is Bogotá’s chicken and three-potato soup thickened naturally by papas criollas and perfumed with…

1 hr 25 minsMainColombian
Albóndigas en Chipotle
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Albóndigas en Chipotle

Albóndigas en Chipotle is a Mexican main defined by mexican meatballs in smoky chipotle tomato sauce.

1 hr 55 minsmainMexican
Albóndigas en Salsa
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Albóndigas en Salsa

Albóndigas en Salsa is a distinctive Spanish recipe known for tender Spanish meatballs simmered in a savoury wine and…

1 hr 20 minsMainSpanish
Alfajores de Maicena
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Alfajores de Maicena

Delicate cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut.

47 minsDessertArgentinian
Alfajores de Maicena
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Alfajores de Maicena

Alfajores de Maicena is crumbly cornflour biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche and edged with coconut.

1 hr 15 minsDessertUruguayan
Aligot with Toulouse Sausage
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Aligot with Toulouse Sausage

Aligot with Toulouse Sausage is a distinctive French recipe known for elastic cheese-rich potato purée served with a…

1 hr 10 minsMainFrench
Aloo Pie
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Aloo Pie

Aloo Pie is fried dough filled with seasoned potato and served with channa and chutneys.

50 minsStarterTrinidadian
Andong Jjimdak
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Andong Jjimdak

Andong Jjimdak is soy-braised chicken from Andong with glass noodles, potatoes, carrot and chillies in a glossy sweet…

1 hr 10 minsMainKorean
Arancini di Riso
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Arancini di Riso

Arancini di Riso is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Sicily. They are famous for the combination of a cri…

1 hr 50 minsStarterItalian
Arepas de Choclo
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Arepas de Choclo

Arepas de Choclo is sweet Colombian fresh-corn arepas griddled with butter and stuffed with melting cheese. This vers…

38 minsStarterColombian
Arroz Atollado
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Arroz Atollado

Arroz Atollado is a creamy, loose rice dish from Valle del Cauca with pork, chicken, potato, tomato and coriander. Th…

1 hr 25 minsMainColombian
Arroz de Marisco
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Arroz de Marisco

Arroz de Marisco is a classic Portuguese main course built around comforting flavour, cultural heritage and the kind…

55 minsMainPortuguese
Arroz Doce
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Arroz Doce

Arroz Doce is a traditional Portuguese dessert with a memorable texture, a sense of occasion and the sweet finish tha…

55 minsDessertPortuguese
Arroz Negro
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Arroz Negro

Arroz Negro is a distinctive Spanish recipe known for black squid-ink rice with cuttlefish, seafood stock and allioli.

1 hr 5 minsMainSpanish
Aşure
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Aşure

Aşure is a ceremonial pudding of grains, pulses, dried fruit and nuts.

2 hrDessertTurkish
Azifa
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Azifa

Azifa is a cool Ethiopian green-lentil salad sharpened with mustard, lemon, chilli, onion and herbs. This version use…

37 minsStarterEthiopian
Baba al Rum
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Baba al Rum

Baba al Rum is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Naples and Campania, adapted from a Central European past…

1 hr 5 minsDessertItalian
Babi Guling
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Babi Guling

Babi Guling is a distinctive Indonesian main rooted in Bali, celebrated for whole roast pig, turmeric-rich spices and…

5 hr 30 minsMainIndonesian
Bacalhau à Brás
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Bacalhau à Brás

Bacalhau à Brás is a classic Portuguese main course built around comforting flavour, cultural heritage and the kind o…

35 minsMainPortuguese
Bacalhau com Natas
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Bacalhau com Natas

Salt cod, potatoes and onions baked in a creamy sauce beneath a golden crust.

1 hr 30 minsMainPortuguese
Badrijani Nigvzit
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Badrijani Nigvzit

Badrijani Nigvzit is thin fried aubergine slices wrapped around a garlicky Georgian walnut filling and finished with…

1 hr 25 minsStarterGeorgian
Baghali Polo ba Mahicheh
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Baghali Polo ba Mahicheh

Baghali Polo ba Mahicheh is Persian dill-and-broad-bean rice served with slow-braised lamb shanks and saffron. This v…

3 hr 40 minsMainIranian
Baguette
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Baguette

Baguette is a distinctive French recipe known for a thin, crisp-crusted loaf with an open, chewy crumb.

2 hrStarterFrench
Balık Ekmek
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Balık Ekmek

Balık Ekmek is grilled fish in bread with onion, salad and lemon.

25 minsMainTurkish
Bammy with Escovitch Vegetables
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Bammy with Escovitch Vegetables

Bammy with Escovitch Vegetables is toasted cassava bammy topped with sharp Jamaican escovitch peppers, onion and carr…

40 minsStarterJamaican
Bandeja Paisa
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Bandeja Paisa

Bandeja Paisa is Antioquia’s famous abundant platter of beans, rice, ground beef, chicharrón, chorizo, fried egg, pla…

2 hr 35 minsMainColombian
Bánh Bò Nướng
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Bánh Bò Nướng

Bánh Bò Nướng is baked pandan honeycomb cake with a springy, airy crumb.

1 hr 10 minsDessertVietnamese
Bánh Da Lợn
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Bánh Da Lợn

Bánh Da Lợn is steamed layered cake of tapioca, coconut, pandan and mung bean.

1 hr 20 minsDessertVietnamese
Bánh Flan
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Bánh Flan

Bánh Flan is silky caramel custard shaped by French colonial baking.

1 hr 5 minsDessertVietnamese
Bánh Mì Thịt
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Bánh Mì Thịt

Bánh Mì Thịt is crisp baguette filled with savoury meat, pickles, herbs, chilli and pâté or mayonnaise.

55 minsMainVietnamese
Barbecued Lamb Chops
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Barbecued Lamb Chops

Charred lamb chops seasoned simply and served hot from the barbecue with lemon and herbs.

30 minsMainAustralian
Barramundi Fish Cakes
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Barramundi Fish Cakes

Golden fish cakes with flaked barramundi, potato, herbs and lemon.

40 minsStarterAustralian
Basbousa
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Basbousa

Egyptian basbousa is a syrup-soaked semolina cake with a tender grain and toasted nut topping.

1 hrDessertEgyptian
Bene Balls
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Bene Balls

Bene Balls is dense sesame sweets bound with caramelised sugar and warming spice.

1 hr 10 minsDessertTrinidadian
Bengali Kosha Mangsho
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Bengali Kosha Mangsho

Bengali Kosha Mangsho is a distinctive Indian main rooted in Bengal, celebrated for mutton slowly browned with onions…

3 hr 30 minsMainIndian
Berliner Pfannkuchen
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Berliner Pfannkuchen

Berliner Pfannkuchen are soft yeast doughnuts fried and filled with jam, then dusted with sugar.

2 hrDessertGerman
Besara
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Besara

Egyptian besara is a vivid green purée of split fava beans, herbs and aromatics, served as a dip or thick soup.

1 hrMainEgyptian
Bibimbap
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Bibimbap

Bibimbap is a Korean rice bowl topped with individually seasoned vegetables, beef, fried egg and gochujang, mixed tog…

1 hr 5 minsMainKorean
Bò Lá Lốt
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Bò Lá Lốt

Bò Lá Lốt is seasoned beef wrapped in aromatic betel leaves and grilled.

45 minsStarterVietnamese
Boerewors with Pap and Chakalaka
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Boerewors with Pap and Chakalaka

Boerewors with Pap and Chakalaka is a South African main course centred on grilled sausage with maize and relish.

8 hr 7 minsmainSouth African
Boil Up with Pork and Watercress
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Boil Up with Pork and Watercress

A distinctive New Zealand main course: pork bones simmered with potatoes, kūmara, doughboys and peppery watercress.

2 hr 55 minsMainNew Zealand
Bolo de Bolacha
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Bolo de Bolacha

No-bake Portuguese coffee biscuit cake layered with buttercream.

4 hr 35 minsDessertPortuguese
Bossam
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Bossam

Bossam is tender slices of simmered pork belly wrapped in napa cabbage with pungent ssamjang and fresh accompaniments…

1 hr 35 minsMainKorean
Brevas con Arequipe
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Brevas con Arequipe

Brevas con Arequipe is green figs simmered until tender in panela syrup and served with thick Colombian milk caramel…

1 hr 10 minsDessertColombian
Brown Stew Chicken
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Brown Stew Chicken

Brown Stew Chicken is Jamaican chicken deeply browned then simmered with peppers, tomato, thyme and allspice in a dar…

1 hr 20 minsMainJamaican
Bua Loy
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Bua Loy

Bua Loy is soft glutinous-rice dumplings served in warm sweet coconut milk.

1 hrDessertThai
Budín de Pan con Dulce de Leche
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Budín de Pan con Dulce de Leche

Caramel bread pudding made from stale bread and served with rich dulce de leche.

1 hr 20 minsDessertArgentinian
Budino di Riso
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Budino di Riso

Budino di Riso is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Tuscany, especially Florence. It is famous for an unus…

1 hr 15 minsDessertItalian
Bulgogi
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Bulgogi

Bulgogi is thinly sliced beef marinated with soy, pear, garlic and sesame, then cooked quickly until caramelised at t…

1 hr 7 minsMainKorean
Buñuelos Mexicanos
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Buñuelos Mexicanos

Buñuelos Mexicanos is a Mexican dessert defined by crisp Mexican fritters with cinnamon sugar.

1 hr 35 minsdessertMexican
Cá Kho Tộ
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Cá Kho Tộ

Cá Kho Tộ is fish caramel-braised with fish sauce and pepper in a clay pot.

1 hrMainVietnamese
Caldereta de Cordero
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Caldereta de Cordero

Caldereta de Cordero is a distinctive Spanish recipe known for a rustic lamb stew with peppers, tomato, wine and moun…

2 hr 30 minsMainSpanish
Callaloo with Crab
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Callaloo with Crab

Callaloo with Crab is a silky dasheen-leaf stew with coconut milk, okra, herbs and crab.

55 minsMainTrinidadian
Canjica Doce
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Canjica Doce

Creamy white-corn pudding with milk, coconut, cinnamon and peanuts.

45 minsDessertBrazilian
Cannoli
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Cannoli

Cannoli is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Sicily. Cannoli are famous for textural contrast: a brittle…

1 hr 30 minsDessertItalian
Caponata Siciliana
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Caponata Siciliana

Caponata Siciliana is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Sicily. It is famous for complexity rather than fr…

1 hr 10 minsStarterItalian
Caramel Slice
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Caramel Slice

A biscuit base topped with thick caramel and a firm layer of chocolate.

50 minsDessertAustralian
Carpaccio
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Carpaccio

Carpaccio is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Venice, Veneto. Carpaccio became famous for turning paper-t…

25 minsStarterItalian
Casquinha de Siri
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Casquinha de Siri

Creamy seasoned crab baked in its shell beneath a golden crumb.

45 minsStarterBrazilian
Cassata Siciliana
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Cassata Siciliana

Cassata Siciliana is a distinctive Italian recipe associated with Sicily, especially Palermo. It is famous for visual…

1 hrDessertItalian
Causa Limena
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Causa Limena

A distinctive Peruvian main course: seasoned yellow-potato mash layered with avocado and a savoury chicken, tuna or s…

1 hr 50 minsMainPeruvian
Chả Cá Lã Vọng
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Chả Cá Lã Vọng

Chả Cá Lã Vọng is turmeric-marinated fish fried with dill and spring onions, served with noodles and peanuts.

55 minsMainVietnamese
Chả Giò Crispy Spring Rolls
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Chả Giò Crispy Spring Rolls

Chả Giò Crispy Spring Rolls is crisp fried rolls filled with pork, mushrooms, noodles and vegetables.

55 minsStarterVietnamese
Chajá
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Chajá

Chajá is a layered dessert of sponge, meringue, whipped cream and peaches.

1 hr 15 minsDessertUruguayan
Chakalaka and Pap Cups
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Chakalaka and Pap Cups

Chakalaka and Pap Cups is a South African starter centred on maize pap with spicy vegetable relish.

8 hr 6 minsstarterSouth African
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