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In honour of Sarah Gailey being pleasantly baffled by Australian snack foods, it& #39;s time for a thread of classic Kiwi baked goods.
Nobody does baking like the South Island, and it& #39;s time for my international followers to learn themselves some new foods.
Nobody does baking like the South Island, and it& #39;s time for my international followers to learn themselves some new foods.
We must begin with lolly cake: a log made of malt, shredded coconut, and marshmallows. If an NZ tearoom does not have lolly cake, it is a bad tearoom.
Afghan Biscuits are named after ???somethingsomethingworldwar1???. They& #39;re chocolate biscuits made with cornflakes and topped with walnuts. They are the shit.
The lamington is a sponge cake covered in chocolate (or raspberry) and shredded coconut. A bad lamington is a dry horrible mess, but a good lamington is heaven.
Caramel Slice is, I believe, brought to NZ by Scottish settlers. It& #39;s shortbread with caramel and chocolate. Nothing fancy, but incredibly sweet and rich. If it& #39;s not cut into an isosceles triangle, somebody fucked up.
Louise Cake is a square with raspberry jam, topped with meringue
Speaking of meringue, this is a pavolva. Australia and New Zealand both claim ownership, but the Australians forget that we traded them Split Enz in exchange for full pav ownership
It& #39;s not all sweet things! A proper Kiwi sausage roll is one of the world& #39;s greatest snack foods. It& #39;s highly portable meatbread. True Kiwis open up the pastry just a tiny bit and fill that motherfucker up with tomato sauce.
A new challenger appears! Immigrants from South Asia have left an indelible mark on NZ cuisine, and this beauty is a result: the butter chicken pie. Almost impossible to get in the afternoon, because they sell out faster than almost any other food.
(trust me: my first real job was in a pie shop in Nelson and the butter chicken pies FLY off the shelves)
@fran_wilde reminded me of Hokey Pokey ice cream (it& #39;s vanilla and caramel, but the caramel is in little globes), which isn& #39;t a baked good in-and-of-itself, but is absolutely best served between two cookies still warm from the oven
