Blintz
{{short description|Traditional Jewish pancake}}
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| name = Blintz
| image = Cheese blintzes with blackberries.jpg
| caption = Traditional cheese blintzes topped with blackberry compote
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| alternate_name = Blintzes
| country = Eastern Europe
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| creator = Ashkenazi Jewish community
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| type = Jewish cuisine
| served = Hot, traditionally with sour cream or fruit compote
| main_ingredient = Dough; filling: farmer's cheese or other similar soft cheese, or fruit preserves.
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A cheese blintzes or blintz ({{langx|he|חֲבִיתִית}}; {{langx|yi|בלינצע}}) is a rolled filled pancake in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, in essence a wrap based on a crepe or Russian blini.{{cite web |title=blintze {{!}} a thin, usually wheat-flour pancake folded to form a casing (as for cheese or fruit) and then sautéed or baked |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blintze |access-date=2015-08-12 |website=Merriam-webster.com}} The corresponding Russian dish is called blinchiki, literally "little blini".
History
Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins, or fruit preserves and then slightly sautéed. They are served on Shavuot.{{cite web |title=Cheese Blintzes for Shavuot |url=https://motherwouldknow.com/jewish-cheese-blintzes-for-shavuot/ |website=Mother would know |date=30 April 2018 |access-date=20 October 2019}}
The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word {{lang|yi|בלינצע}} or {{transl|yi|blintse}}, coming from a Slavic word блинец [blin-yets] meaning blin, or pancake.{{cite web |title=Blintz definition |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blintze |website=Merriam Webster dictionary |access-date=20 October 2019}}
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.{{Cite book |last=Lowenstein |first=Steven M. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80242007 |title=The Jewish cultural tapestry : international Jewish folk traditions |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-515800-8 |location=New York |oclc=80242007}}
For Passover, matzo meal is used instead of flour.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
See also
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