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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 (Hebrew : חֲבִיתִית ; Yiddish : בלינצע ) is a rolled filled pancake in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, in essence a wrap based on a crepe or Russian blini .[ 1]
History
Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins. They are served on Shavuot .[ 2]
The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word בלינצע or blintse , coming from a Slavic word блинец [blin-yets] meaning blin , or pancake.[ 3]
Like the knishes , blintzes represent foods that are now considered typically Jewish, and exemplify the changes in foods that Jews adopted from their Christian neighbors.[ 4]
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