List of Australian and New Zealand dishes

From WikiMD's Food, Medicine & Wellness Encyclopedia

List_of_Australian_and_New_Zealand_dishes refers to the variety of dishes that are native to or commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. These dishes are influenced by the indigenous cultures, as well as the British, Asian, and Mediterranean cuisines that have influenced the culinary traditions of these countries.

Australian Dishes[edit | edit source]

Meat Pie is a popular dish in Australia, typically filled with minced meat and gravy, and often topped with tomato sauce. It is considered a staple of Australian cuisine.

Vegemite is a thick, dark brown Australian food spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives. It is a popular spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits.

Lamington is an Australian cake, made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut.

New Zealand Dishes[edit | edit source]

Hangi is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.

Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It is a popular dish and an important part of the national cuisine of both Australia and New Zealand.

Hokey Pokey (ice cream) is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee.

See Also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

External Links[edit | edit source]

Wiki.png

Navigation: Wellness - Encyclopedia - Health topics - Disease Index‏‎ - Drugs - World Directory - Gray's Anatomy - Keto diet - Recipes

Search WikiMD


Ad.Tired of being Overweight? Try W8MD's physician weight loss program.
Semaglutide (Ozempic / Wegovy and Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) available.
Advertise on WikiMD

WikiMD is not a substitute for professional medical advice. See full disclaimer.

Credits:Most images are courtesy of Wikimedia commons, and templates Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY SA or similar.


Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD