Tasteatlas.com is a culinary guide to cuisines around the world. Here you’ll find recipes for dishes from around the world, reviews from food critics, and articles on popular dishes and ingredients. The site also publishes rankings of the best dishes. It bases them on the ratings of its users.

As the site’s creators point out, the goal of these rankings is to “promote excellent local cuisine, instill pride in traditional dishes, and spark interest in dishes that have never been tried before.”

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Polish cheesecake is the best

The latest TasteAtlas ranking covers cheese desserts from around the world. Polish cheesecake was in the lead, leaving behind the delicacies of Japan, the USA, Germany and Greece.

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For the ranking, the website also published brief information about each of the distinguished cheesecakes, including the ingredients needed to prepare it.

“Polish cheesecake comes from Christian and Jewish traditions. It is made from eggs, sugar and cottage cheese – a type of cheese used in desserts for hundreds of years. The cheesecake is believed to have been created in the 17th century, after the victory over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna, King Jan III Sobieski brought the recipe with him,” describes the TasteAtlas website.

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As the website notes, there are many varieties of cheesecake these days, some baked, some not. Most often it is prepared on a layer of shortcrust pastry.

“Raisins, chocolate sauce or fruit are often added to the cheesecake, and one of the most popular dessert varieties has a sponge cake as a base and is covered with jelly and fruit on top,” points out the TasteAtlas website.