Blintz

Blintz

Traditional cheese blintzes topped with blackberry compote
Alternative names	Blintzes
Type	Jewish cuisine
Place of origin	Eastern Europe, Israel, other countries with a significant remaining Jewish population
Created by	Ashkenazi Jewish community of Central and Eastern Europe
Serving temperature	Hot, traditionally with sour cream or fruit compote
Main ingredients	Flour, water, milk, egg, kosher salt, sugar, traditionally filled with farmer's cheese, or also cottage cheese, cream cheese, ricotta, or fruit. Fried in butter, cooking oil, or margarine. For Passover, matzo meal is used instead of flour.
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A blintz is a popular traditional Jewish cigar-shaped filled pancake of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, similar to a crepe or the Russian blin. Blintzes are commonly filled with farmer's cheese or fruit. They are traditionally served for Shavuot and, less commonly, for Chanukah and other Jewish holidays.

Etymology

The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word בלינצע or blintse, coming from a Slavic word for pancake.

The word blintz may come from palatschinke, and be derived ultimately from the Roman placenta cake.

In popular culture

Blintzes are the subject of a famous Jewish parable, which uses the blintz as an analogy for Judaism itself, and one's own adherence to its beliefs.

See also

• Blini
• Palatschinke
• Latkes
• Fritas de prasa
• Malawach
• Atayef- a similar Sephardi Jewish dish