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knafeh
Knafeh () is a traditional Arab dessert made with kadayif (spun pastry dough) layered with cheese and soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar. Knafeh is popular throughout the Arab world, especially in Egypt, and the Levant. Knafeh is often served on special occasions, holidays and celebrating the month of Ramadan. The most common variant of knafeh in Jordan and Palestine, Knafeh Nabulseyeh, originated in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
cannoli
thumb|Cannoli with chopped pistachios and candied cherries Cannoli are Sicilian pastries consisting of a tube-shaped shell of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet and creamy filling containing ricotta cheese. Their size ranges from . In mainland Italy, the food is commonly known as ().
rosogolla
Rasgulla (literally "syrup-filled ball") is a syrupy dessert popular in the eastern part of South Asia. It is made from ball-shaped dumplings of chhena dough cooked in light sugar syrup until the syrup permeates the dumplings.
paskha
thumb|Two paskhas with candles (with a Kulich (bread)|kulich and [[Easter eggs in the background)]] Paskha (also spelled pascha, or pasha; ; ; "Easter") is an East Slavic festive dish made in Eastern Orthodox countries which consists of food that is forbidden during the fast of Great Lent. It is made during Holy Week and then brought to Church on Great Saturday to be blessed after the Paschal Vigil. The name of the dish comes from Pascha, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of Easter. Besides Russia, Ukraine, etc. Pasha is also often served in Finland where it is common among the Orthodox Karelia
Papanași
thumb|305px|Papanași with sour cherries and powdered sugar
Pastiera
Pastiera (; ) or pastiera napoletana is a type of Neapolitan tart made with cooked wheat, eggs and ricotta cheese, and flavored with orange flower water. It is usually eaten at Easter.
Kalakand
Kalakand is a sweet cheese confection from India. It has been described as "akin to Italian cheesecake, firmer in texture than milk cake, but softer than burfis."
sandesh
Bengali confectionery
mató
Mató () is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from sheep' or goats' milk, with no salt added.
Kemalpaşa dessert
Turkish dessert
Rasabali
Rasabali (, IAST: rasābaḷi) is a sweet dish from Odisha, India. It consists of deep fried flattened reddish brown patties of chhena (farmer cheese) that are soaked in thickened, sweetened milk (rabri). Flattening the chhena into palm-sized patties is done in order to allow them to absorb the milk more readily. The thickened milk is also usually lightly seasoned with crushed cardamom pods.
Halawet el Jibn
traditional Syrian dessert
queijada
'''''' is a type of sweet made most famously in Sintra, Portugal. It is a small sweet prepared using cheese or requeijão, eggs, milk, and powdered sugar. Other are produced in Madeira, Azores, Oeiras, Évora and Pereira (Montemor-o-Velho).
Kaasstengels
thumb|Kaasstengels made by the monks from the Rawaseneng Monastery in Kandangan, Temanggung.
maids of honour tart
traditional English baked tart
chhena gaja
Indian Food
Chhenapoda
cheese dessert of Odisha
chhena jalebi
Indian dessert
gomme
traditional Norwegian cheese preparation
cheese pudding
Pudding dish made with cheese
Khiramohana
Khira mohan () is a creamish dessert best known in Odisha. It is made from chhena and sugar syrup. The descendant of khira mohana probably was Odia rasgulla. Food historians from Odisha suggest that the khira mohana was invented in Odisha to offer the goddess Lakshmi at Jagannath Temple, Puri.
Chhanamukhi
Chhanamukhi ( chanamukhi, from chana, “cottage cheese”) is a Bangladeshi sweet. It originated in the Brahmanbaria District. It is made with fried cottage cheese and sugar syrup. On September 24, 2024, Chanamukhi Sweet got recognition as a Geographical Indication (GI) product.
Sitabhog
Sitabhog () is a famous sweet of Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. Sitabhog is a flavourful dessert that looks like white rice or vermicelli mixed with small pieces of Gulab jamun. Made from cottage cheese (also known as chhana in Bengali), rice flour and sugar, Sitabhog often gives the appearance of pulao, which is albeit sweet in taste.
Queso ice cream
Filipino ice cream made with cheese
queijadinha
Queijadinha is a custard tart which originated in Brazil. There are many types of "queijadinhas", but the traditional one is prepared with these main ingredients: grated coconut and cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter and egg yolks. Queijadinhas are very common in bakeries and children's parties.
Chhena Jhili
Indian sweet
kheer sagar
Indian cheese dish
Ciarduna
Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.
Romeu and Julieta
Brazilian dessert made of cheese and guava paste