However, I can't encourage you enough to search out an all-butter puff pastry at a local specialty store.

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On the hillside village of Tejeda, Dulceria Nublo Tejeda is a pastry shop selling delicious local specialties.

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The secrets of Viennese signature apple strudel and chocolate cake Sacher are well-known among Lviv pastry chefs but syrnyk, a moist pie made from fresh cottage cheese, is a local specialty that many guests to the city take back home.

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