swap_horiz Pignolata Alternatives

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Churro

A churro is a fried pastry made by extruding a stiff flour-based dough through a ridged nozzle into hot oil. The resulti...

Classic Spanish Chocolate Cinnamon

8.9 Great

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Torta Caprese

Torta caprese is an Italian chocolate and almond cake associated with the island of Capri and the wider Campania region....

Italian Chocolate Almond Capri

8.4 Great

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Babà Napoletano

Babà Napoletano is a small Neapolitan yeast cake baked in a characteristic mushroom-like or ring shape and saturated wit...

Italian Classic Naples Yeast

8.3 Great

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Pasticciotto Leccese

Pasticciotto Leccese is an individual pastry associated with Lecce and the Salento area of Puglia in southern Italy. It...

Italian Regional Custard Shortcrust

8.3 Great

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Berliner Pfannkuchen

Berliner Pfannkuchen is a German yeast-raised doughnut fried without a central hole and usually filled with fruit jam. I...

German Classic Fried Doughnut

8.2 Great

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Bombolone

Bombolone is an Italian yeast-raised doughnut that is fried, coated with granulated or powdered sugar, and commonly fill...

Italian Classic Fried Doughnut

8.2 Great

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Baklawa (Algerian)

Algerian baklawa is a layered pastry made from very thin sheets of dough enclosing a filling of ground almonds or other...

Classic Phyllo North African Honey

8.2 Great

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Papanași

Papanași are Romanian cheese pastries prepared in fried and baked forms, with the fried version especially common in res...

Classic Jam Fried Quark

8.2 Great

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Bolo de Berlim

Bolo de Berlim is a Portuguese fried dough pastry adapted from the German Berliner. It is typically sliced horizontally...

Classic Portuguese Fried Doughnut

8.1 Great

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Koeksister

A koeksister is a South African sweet made by frying shaped dough and soaking it in chilled sugar syrup. The version ass...

Classic South African Braided Fried

8.1 Great

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Znoud el Sit

Znoud el Sit is a Levantine sweet made from thin pastry sheets wrapped around ashta, a thick milk-based cream. The rolls...

Classic Cream Filled Lebanese Fried

8.0 Great

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Ricciarelli

Ricciarelli are traditional almond cookies associated with Siena in Tuscany, Italy. They are made primarily from ground...

Italian Classic Soft Almond

8.0 Great

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Crostata di Marmellata

Crostata di marmellata is an Italian open-faced tart made from pasta frolla, a sweet shortcrust pastry, and a layer of f...

Italian Classic Jam Lattice

7.8 Good

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Sfinge

Sfinge, also spelled sfenj, are ring-shaped North African fritters made from a soft, yeasted wheat dough that is stretch...

Seasonal Moroccan Honey Fried

7.8 Good

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Luqaimat

Luqaimat are small, deep-fried yeast-dough dumplings eaten across the Arabian Peninsula and in neighboring regions. Port...

Classic Honey Fried Dumpling

7.7 Good

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Griouech

Griouech is a traditional Moroccan fried pastry made from dough commonly flavored with sesame and shaped into folded, br...

Celebration Moroccan Honey Fried

7.7 Good

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Chiacchiere

Chiacchiere are thin pieces of sweet dough that are cut into strips or shapes, fried until crisp, and usually dusted wit...

Italian Seasonal Carnival Fried

7.5 Good

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Cenci Toscani

Cenci Toscani are thin pieces of sweet dough fried until crisp and commonly dusted with powdered sugar. They are traditi...

Italian Tuscan Carnival Fried

7.4 Good

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Pestiños

Pestiños are pieces of fried dough associated with Andalusia and other parts of southern Spain. The dough is commonly fl...

Spanish Christmas Honey Anise

7.3 Good

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Bugnes

Bugnes are French fried-dough pastries associated particularly with Lyon and the surrounding Rhône region. They are made...

French Carnival Lyon Fried

7.1 Good