Desserts

Rizogalo is Greece’s entry in the great Mediterranean rice-pudding family — and readers of my Portuguese arroz doce will recognize...

Toucinho do Céu — “bacon from heaven” — wins the prize for most alarming name in the Portuguese dessert canon,...

Pudim Molotof is the great Portuguese magic trick: a towering, cloud-light meringue pudding made from little more than egg whites...

Guava cheesecake is what happens when the tropical pantry meets the classic New York formula: creamy vanilla cheesecake swirled through...

Tarte aux myrtilles — French blueberry pie — comes from the mountain regions of France, where wild bilberries stain fingers...

Bolo de laranja is the cake by which Portuguese home bakers are quietly judged: intensely orange, impossibly moist, and served...

Espécies de São Jorge — Portuguese horseshoe cookies — carry the flavors of one small Azorean island in one small...

Almendrados are Spain’s ancient almond cookies — chewy, fragrant and naturally gluten-free, with a lineage running back through Moorish Spain,...

Bolos de arroz are the tall, sugar-crusted rice muffins standing at attention in every Portuguese pastry case — humble next...

Ekmek kataifi is the Greek celebration dessert that refuses to choose: a crisp base of buttered kataifi (shredded phyllo) soaked...