49 Dishes

Dessert, Sweet

Whortleberry pie

Vaccinium myrtillus or european blueberry is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. it is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry, to distinguish it from other vaccinium relatives. regional names include blaeberry (scotland), urts or hurts (cornwall & devon), hurtleberry, huckleberry, myrtleberry, wimberry, whinberry, winberry, blueberry, and fraughan. chromosome count is 2n =24. vaccinium myrtillus has much in common with the american blueberry (vaccinium corymbosum).

Dessert, Sweet

Yabluchnyy pyrih

An apple pie is a pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apples. the earliest printed recipe is from england. apple pie is often served with whipped cream, ice cream ("apple pie à la mode"), or cheddar cheese. it is generally double-crusted, with pastry both above and below the filling; the upper crust may be solid or latticed (woven of crosswise strips). the bottom crust may be baked separately ("blind") to prevent it from getting soggy. deep-dish apple pie often has a top crust only. tarte tatin is baked with the crust on top, but served with it on the bottom. apple pie is an unofficial symbol of the united states and one of its signature comfort foods.

Dessert, Sweet

Kissel

Kissel or kisel (estonian: kissell, finnish: kiisseli, livonian: kīsõl, latgalian: keiseļs, latvian: ķīselis, lithuanian: kisielius, polish: kisiel, russian: кисель, tr. kiselʼ, ukrainian: кисiль, kysilʼ, belarusian: кісель, kisielʼ) is a viscous fruit dish, popular as a dessert and as a drink in northern, central and eastern europe. it consists of the sweetened juice of berries, like mors, but it is thickened with cornstarch, potato starch or arrowroot; sometimes red wine or fresh or dried fruits are added. it is similar to the danish rødgrød and german rote grütze. swedish blåbärssoppa is a similarly prepared bilberry dessert. kissel can be served either hot or cold, also together with sweetened quark or semolina pudding. kissel can also be served on pancakes or with ice cream. if the kissel is made using less thickening starch, it can be drunk — this is common in poland, russia and ukraine.

Dessert, Sweet

Watermelon

Watermelon (citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. a scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 varieties. watermelon is grown in favorable climates from tropical to temperate regions worldwide for its large edible fruit, which is a berry with a hard rind and no internal divisions, and is botanically called a pepo. the sweet, juicy flesh is usually deep red to pink, with many black seeds, although seedless varieties exist. the fruit can be eaten raw or pickled, and the rind is edible after cooking. it may also be consumed as a juice or an ingredient in mixed beverages. kordofan melons from sudan are the closest relatives and may be progenitors of modern, cultivated watermelons. wild watermelon seeds were found in uan muhuggiag, a prehistoric site in libya that dates to approximately 3500 bc. watermelons were domesticated in north-east africa, and cultivated in egypt by 2000 bc, although they were not the sweet modern variety. sweet dessert watermelons spread across the mediterranean world during roman times.considerable breeding effort has developed disease-resistant varieties. many cultivars are available that produce mature fruit within 100 days of planting. in 2017, china produced about two-thirds of the world's total of watermelons.