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Traditional Jewish pancake
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 EuropeServing 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.
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 .[ 1]
Etymology
The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word בלינצע or blintse , coming from a Slavic word for pancake.[ 2]
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.[ 3]
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