Dishes made with yeast
70 dishes from around the world that list yeast as a main ingredient.
BarmbrackVegetarianbairín breac
🇮🇪 IrelandIrish yeast bread with sultanas and raisins, often linked to Halloween fortune-telling
Bread, Tea time, Snacks
PutoVegan
🇵🇭 PhilippinesSteamed Filipino rice cake, often eaten plain or with savoury dishes
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Taralli
🇮🇹 ItalyRing-shaped Italian crackers from southern Italy, made sweet or savory
Bread, Snacks
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
BazlamaVegetarian
🇹🇷 TurkeyTurkish leavened flatbread with a soft, fluffy inside and crisp outside
Bread, Breakfast
Coca
🇪🇸 Spain and 3 moreCatalan pastry with sweet or savoury toppings, eaten open or filled
Pie or savoury pastry
ChebakiaVegetarianشباكية
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreMaghrebi fried pastry shaped like a flower and glazed with honey syrup
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Obwarzanek krakowskiVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandBraided ring bread from Kraków, boiled then baked and sold from street carts
Bread, Snacks, Breakfast
Potica
🇸🇮 Slovenia and 4 moreSlovenian rolled pastry with sweet or savoury fillings, baked in a ring-shaped mould
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
Puff-puff
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreWest African deep-fried dough balls, golden and lightly sweet
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Cardamom breadVegetarian
🇫🇮 Finland and 3 moreEnriched Nordic sweet bread scented with cardamom, served with coffee or tea
Bread, Snacks, Tea time
BroaVegan
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreRustic bread made with cornmeal, rye or wheat, found in Portugal and Brazil
Bread
Zalabiyehزلابية
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreA deep-fried fritter made from batter, found across the Middle East and beyond
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Bolo do cacoVegetarian
🇵🇹 PortugalRound flatbread from Madeira, cooked on a hot stone and served with garlic butter
Bread
Poppy seed rollVegetarian
🇭🇺 Hungary and 5 moreSweet yeast bread rolled with poppy seed or walnut filling
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
Jelly doughnutVegetarian
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreA round doughnut filled with fruit preserve or jelly
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
JiuniangVegan酒酿
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese sweet soup of fermented glutinous rice with a mild alcohol taste
Sweet or dessert
Saffron bunVegetarian
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreSweet yeasted bun coloured and flavoured with saffron and dried fruit
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
HornazoMeat
🇪🇸 SpainA Spanish meat pie filled with pork, chorizo, and hard-boiled eggs
Main dish, Lunch, Snacks
Bint al-sahnVegetarianبنت الصحن
🇾🇪 YemenLayered Yemeni pastry served warm with honey and black cumin
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
Guokui锅盔
🇨🇳 ChinaLarge, round Chinese flatbread from Shaanxi, sometimes stuffed and baked crisp
Bread
GurasaVegetarian
🇳🇬 NigeriaNorthern Nigerian flatbread baked in a clay oven
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hornazo: Zorro2212, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chebakia: Indif, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poppy seed roll: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Broa: Mvdiogo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Coca: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gurasa: Bukky658, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Barmbrack: Solo Beckett, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bazlama: Noumenon, Public domain, source
- Taralli: Haragayato, Public domain, source
- Puto: Danangtrihartanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Obwarzanek krakowski: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- Potica: Michael R Perry, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cardamom bread: W.carter, CC0, source
- Bolo do caco: Ana Cake Design, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saffron bun: Nenniu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Puff-puff: Bukky658, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jiuniang: User Polyhedron on zh.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zalabiyeh: Sankeerth, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bint al-sahn: Rukn950, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jelly doughnut: Evan-Amos, Public domain, source
- Guokui: ROSALXF on Pixabay ., CC0, source