Kolache

Kolache

Kolaches with poppy seed filling
Type	Sweet bread

Larger koláč, so called "frgál" (plural frgály), baked at Valašsko area

Slavski kolač, has an important role in the celebration of the Serbian Slava.

Kolache preparation in bakery

Kolache /kɵˈlɑːtʃi/ (also spelled kolace, kolach, or kolacky, from the Czech and Slovak plural koláče, sg. koláč) is a type of pastry that holds a dollop of fruit rimmed by a puffy pillow of supple dough. Originating as a semisweet wedding dessert from Central Europe, they have become popular in parts of the United States.

Kolache celebrations

Several cities, including Prague, Oklahoma; Caldwell, Texas; East Bernard, Texas, and St. Ludmila's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, IA, hold annual Kolache Festival celebrations.

Montgomery, Minnesota, claims to be the "Kolacky capital of the world" and holds an annual festival known as Kolacky Days. Verdigre, Nebraska, stakes the same claim with their Kolache Days. Prague, Nebraska, claims to be known as the home of the world's largest kolache. Both Caldwell and West, Texas, claim the title of "Kolache Capital" of the state.

Still other communities in the United States hold Czech-American festivals, where kolaches may be found.

It was the sweet chosen to represent the Czech Republic in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.

Related dishes

New York-style strawberry kolache.

A related dish is a klobasnek or klobasniki, which often uses similar bread but is filled with a piece of sausage. Purists assert that these are mistakenly referred to as kolaches. They may also contain ham and cheese, sausage, jalapeño slices, and resemble a "pig in a blanket"

See also

• Doughnut
• Kalach: East Slavic bread
• Klobasnek: Czech pastry popular in central and southeast Texas
• Kołacz: Polish pastry