Food that start with C

Cranberry sauce is a sweet but tart sauce made by cooking cranberries with sugar and water.

Cranberries are native to North America, and Indigenous peoples used them before European settlement. The modern sauce is commonly served with turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas meals in the United States and Canada.

Cream cheese is a soft, mild cheese made from milk and cream. It has a smooth, spreadable texture and is sold in tubs or blocks. It is usually not aged.

Cream cheese was developed in the United States in the 1800s. People eat it on bagels, bread, and crackers, and use it in cheesecakes and frostings.

Cress is a herb with a very sharp, peppery taste that is very easy to grow. It is related to mustard.
Cress can be grown inside by sprinkling the seeds over some damp potting soil and left on a window ledge. Cress can be harvested simply by cutting the plants off with scissors when they have a few leaves.
Cress is very tasty on salads, or in egg and cress sandwiches.

A croissant is a French pastry made from layers of yeast-risen puff pastry and butter. It is made into the shape of a crescent moon.

The crust of a baked product like bread is the harder, outer layer. The term crust can be applied to the hard outer layer of many other things, for example a crust of ice on top of snow.

Cumin is a plant native to the Mediterranean and India, and is related to parsley. It is grown for its seeds, which are ground into a powder. Cumin is one of the main ingredients of curry.

Curd is any substance that resembles milk curds and is made in a similar way, by clotting a liquid. Bean curd, also called tofu, is made by curdling soy milk.

Curry is a word used to describe a very large range of spicy Asian dishes. They may have meat in them or be vegetarian. Curries are usually eaten with rice.

A custard tart is a sweet pastry with a crisp shell and a soft, smooth filling. The filling is made from custard - milk or cream, eggs, and sugar, then baked until set. It is often sprinkled with nutmeg.

Custard tarts have been made in Britain since at least the Middle Ages. Portuguese pastel de nata is a small regional version made with flaky pastry and a browned top.