Blintz
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Traditional Jewish pancake
Alternative names | Blintzes |
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Type | Jewish cuisine |
Place of origin | Eastern Europe |
Created by | Ashkenazi Jewishcommunity |
Serving temperature | Hot, traditionally withsour creamor fruitcompote |
Main ingredients | Dough;filling:farmer's cheeseor other similar soft cheese, orfruit preserves. |
Acheese blintzesorblintz(Hebrew:חֲבִיתִית;Yiddish:בלינצע) is a rolled filledpancakeinAshkenazi Jewishcuisine, in essence awrapbased on acrepeor Russianblini.[1]
History
[edit]Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins, orfruit preservesand then slightlysautéed.[1]They are served onShavuot.[2] The wordblintzin English comes from theYiddishwordבלינצעorblintse,coming from aSlavicwordблинец [blin-yets]meaningblin,or pancake.[3]
Like theknishes,blintzes represent foods that are now considered typically Jewish, and exemplify the changes in foods that Jews adopted from their Christian neighbors.[4]
ForPassover,matzo mealis used instead of flour.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"blintze | a thin, usually wheat-flour pancake folded to form a casing (as for cheese or fruit) and then sautéed or baked".Merriam-webster.com.Retrieved2015-08-12.
- ^"Cheese Blintzes for Shavuot".Mother would know.30 April 2018.Retrieved20 October2019.
- ^"Blintz definition".Merriam Webster dictionary.Retrieved20 October2019.
- ^Lowenstein, Steven M. (2000).The Jewish cultural tapestry: international Jewish folk traditions.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-515800-8.OCLC80242007.
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