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Calzone
A folded Neapolitan pizza — the same leavened dough as pizza, sealed around a filling of ricotta, mozzarella, cured meats, and sometimes tomato sauce, then baked until puffed and charred.
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List of 2-syllable Foods that contain Z
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Gyoza
Japanese pan-fried dumplings — thin dough wrappers filled with pork and cabbage, cooked in a two-step technique of frying then steaming to produce a crispy bottom and tender top.
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Pizza
A round of yeasted flatbread topped with sauce, cheese, and toppings, oven-baked at high heat — born in Naples and now eaten everywhere.
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Pretzel
A baked knot-shaped bread dipped in lye solution before baking — the alkaline bath creates the glossy, mahogany crust and distinctive chewy-crisp bite; Bavaria's signature bread, inseparable from beer culture.
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Schnitzel
A thin, breaded cutlet fried in clarified butter — Austria's Wiener Schnitzel must be veal; Germany's Schnitzel uses pork; both are pounded paper-thin, coated in flour, egg wash, and fine breadcrumbs, and fried until golden.
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Zatar
A Levantine herb blend combining sumac, sesame seeds, and dried thyme or oregano — sprinkled on bread with olive oil for breakfast across Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Palestine, with countless regional variations.
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Zeppole
Italian fried dough pastries — deep-fried choux or yeasted dough balls dusted in powdered sugar or filled with pastry cream, sold at street fairs across Italy and a fixture of St. Joseph's Day (March 19) celebrations.
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Ziti
A long, hollow, smooth Italian pasta tube, baked into casseroles in southern Italy and Italian-American cuisine — particularly the iconic "baked ziti" of family gatherings.
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