This step is not strictly necessary, but it allows the flavors to meld together to create a richer filling.
Housemade cannoli were crisp and fresh with a creamy, rich filling.
Burekas are as flaky and buttery as the best puff pastry, with a thick, rich filling of goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes.
The sesame-and-spice-crusted burekas looked like fluffy, oversize everything bagels, but instead of the doughy reality of New York bagels they were as flaky and buttery as the best puff pastry, with a thick, rich filling of goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes hidden inside.
If you stuff your arancini with a water rich filling (such as any tomato based sauces) if they break open they can make the oil splash.
The cherry on top of the cake (OK, doughnut) is a sea salt honeycomb shard topping, a perfect foil to the rich filling.
Lemon Lightning, for example, is a kind of fragmented lemon-meringue pie, with a thin layer of meringue on top, a rich lemon filling underneath, and chunks of pie crust scattered in the filling.
The shell is wonderfully light and delicate, with a rich, vegetable filling inside.
From French Country Cooking Gratin dauphinois is a rich and filling regional dish from the Dauphiné.
