Pastry Chef’s Day: the best traditional desserts from different countries

Collected for you 10 desserts from all over the world. This is a sweet guide to different countries of the world and traditional cuisines. These are the most delicious desserts from different countries, which have already become a real calling card for tourists.

Creamy sweets

• Country: Japan

Cream candy is more of a snack than a dessert. They are based on chestnut with sweet potatoes, sugar, sweet sauce and vinegar. Only chestnuts of the variety found exclusively in Japan and South Korea are suitable for making the candy.

Turrón

• Country: Spain

These Spanish treats will remind you of nougat if you’ve tried it. There are two types of this exquisite dessert: hard, similar to a grillage, and soft, like nougat with nuts. You can only try traditional turrón in Spain, as it is officially forbidden to make it outside this country.

Ingredients:

• Roasted almonds-100g
• Roasted hazelnuts-100 g
• Egg white-2 pcs
• Sugar – 100 g
• Liquid honey-100 g
• Ground cinnamon to taste
• Waffle crust – optional) – 1 pc

Spanish Turrón recipe:

1. Place the nuts in a blender. Grind them for 10-15 seconds. Try to keep the whole pieces.
2. Cover the turrón mould with a waffle cake to make it easier to take out the finished product once it has set. You can also use rice paper.
3. Pour honey into a saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring. Bring to a boil. Add the sugar, stir until the sugar dissolves.
4. Whisk the egg whites into a thick foam, the peaks of the whites should not settle.
5. Add the nuts to the whipped whites, stir gently.
6. Add the nut paste to the honey, simmer for a further 10 minutes on a very low heat. Add cinnamon to taste.
7. The mixture will slightly change colour to caramel and thicken slightly.
8. Spread an even layer of the mixture into the mould. Allow the turron to set in a cool place, but not in the fridge.
9. Turn the mould over, placing the hardened turron on a chopping board. Slice the finished sweets into squares.

Pavlova cake

• Country: Australia and New Zealand

This dessert was created in honour of the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova, but today this cake is an integral part of Australian and New Zealand cuisine. It is interesting that they still cannot decide where exactly this dessert was invented. Today everyone can enjoy this dessert decorated with berries and whipped cream, with a crispy crust and a soft marshmallow-like centre.

Tiramisu

• Country: Italy

This dessert is sometimes referred to as “Tuscan trifle”. Today this Italian dessert can be ordered in any restaurant, but the real tiramisu can be tasted only in Italy. The recipe for this dish requires Italian ingredients: mascarpone cheese from Lombardy, airy savoiardi biscuits and marsala wine from Sicily.

Ingredients:

• Savoiardi biscuits – 40 pieces (about 350 g)
• Freshly brewed coffee – 300 ml
• Mascarpone cheese – 500 g
• 33% cream – 300 g
• Sugar – 150 g
• Cognac (or Marsala wine) – 1 tbsp.
• Egg yolks – 6 pcs
• Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp. l.

Italian tiramisu recipe:

1. Mix the yolks with sugar, put on a steam bath and heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly so that the yolks do not boil. This is how the yolks are heat-treated and made safe. If you are sure that the eggs are safe, you can skip this step and use the raw yolks for the cream.
2. Next, beat the yolks (both raw and heat-treated) with a mixer until light and fluffy, for 5-7 minutes.
3. Whip the cooled cream until fluffy.
4. Mix the mascarpone cheese with the cooled yolks. Add the whipped cream in batches, stirring gently to keep the cream light. Add 1 tablespoon of brandy or wine.
5. Prepare the mould.
6. Dip the savoiardi biscuits in cold coffee for 1-2 seconds, maximum, otherwise they will soak too much. Place a layer of biscuits in the mould.
7. Spread half of the cream on top. Again a layer of soaked biscuits and the rest of the cream. Cover the dessert mould with cling film and leave to soak for 2 hours in the fridge.
8. Sprinkle the tiramisu with cocoa before serving.

Churchkhela

• Country: Georgia

This Georgian Deliciousness is prepared from fruit juice (most often grape juice), in which nuts strung on a thread are immersed